Today’s image for VM 365 Day 120 shows two decorated strap ends found in grave 276 at Sarre in 1990. These were the only objects found in the grave that had been heavily disturbed, probably in the Anglo Saxon period. All the skeletal remains were piled at one end and it was not possible to … Continue reading VM_365 Day 120 Anglo-Saxon Decorated Strap ends from Sarre
Day 119’s image shows the remains of an Anglo Saxon spearhead from grave 283 at Sarre. The grave was very shallow, measuring only 0.24 metres deep and had been disturbed or robbed in antiquity probably in the Anglo Saxon period. Only a few of the bones of the skeleton of an adult male aged over … Continue reading VM_365 Day 119 Anglo Saxon Spearhead from Sarre
Today’s image for Day 117 of VM_365 is of an Anglo Saxon Sword and an X-Ray taken when it was being conserved. The sword was excavated from grave 275 at the Anglo Saxon cemetery at Sarre in 1990. Measuring 0.9 metres long, the sword was found above the skeleton of an adult male aged between … Continue reading VM_365 Day 117 Anglo Saxon Sword from Sarre
Today’s image for Day 321 of the VM_365 project shows another of our standing archaeological remain, this time the church of St Nicholas, St Nicholas-at-Wade, near Birchington. The earliest church at St Nicholas was built in the late 11th century and parts of it survive in the lower portions of the west wall of the … Continue reading VM_365 Day 321 The parish church of St Nicholas, St Nicholas-at-Wade
Today’s image for Day 308 of the VM_365 project shows a common type of archaeological feature of Anglo Saxon date, known as a Sunken Featured Building, which was uncovered during an evaluation carried out in advance of the construction of a house at Woodchurch, Birchington in 2002. The picture is taken looking across the valley … Continue reading VM_365 Day 308 Anglo Saxon SFB at Woodchurch, Thanet
Today’s image for Day 303 of the VM_365 project shows a number of joining sherds from the upper part of an Iron Age polychrome decorated pottery vessel, which was found in an excavation at Dumpton Gap in the 1960’s. The image of these joining decorated sherds was digitised from a slide taken by Joe Coy, … Continue reading VM_365 Day 303 Iron Age polychrome decorated pottery from Dumpton Gap
Today’s image for Day 283 of the VM_365 project shows a complex group of cropmarks of linear and curvilinear features, stretching along the western side of the valley at North Foreland, Broadstairs. The aerial photograph were taken by the Trust in 1990 and the image faces east, looking out toward the sea. On the left … Continue reading VM_365 Day 283 The North Foreland landscape
Today’s image for Day 269 of the VM_365 project shows two different views of the Anglo Saxon shell beads that were found in Grave 33 at the Monkton Anglo Saxon cemetery in 1982. These two shell beads are most likely carved from Cowrie shell, the ribbing along their edges being the natural lip of the … Continue reading VM_365 Day 269 Anglo Saxon Shell beads
The image for Day 261 of the VM_365 project shows two aspects of the archaeology of Drapers Mills, Margate, both from very different periods but occupying the same landscape. In the foreground of the image the excavation of a Late Iron Age or Early Roman enclosure is taking place on the playing field of a … Continue reading VM_365 Day 261 Two sides to Archaeology at Drapers Mills Margate
The image for Day 237 of the VM_365 project shows the excavation of an Anglo Saxon sword from the Sarre cemetery in 1990. The sword was excavated from Grave 275 which contained the skeletal remains of an adult male aged between 25 to 30 years old. This image, from the slide archives, is the only … Continue reading VM_365 Day 237 Excavation of an Anglo Saxon sword