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 A HISTORY OF KENT Primrose Hill, about 1880 (Kelly's Guide to Thanet, p. 46). Primrose Hill is a cart-track joining the main-road and the bye-road to Minster. Newington Manor. — Three burials found in 1760 at Hythe below hedge of highway across Milkey Down ; two with coffins, and all containing beads of glass and amethyst, some on earrings [Hasted's Kent (Harris, 8vo, 1799), viii. 199]. NoRTHFLEET. — In 1 847 discoveries were made during railway excavations : few details recorded, but illustrations given by Roach Smith of spears, shield-boss and handles, knife- sword, bucket and Roman pottery [Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, iii. 235]. The handle of a sword found here was of pine [Coll. Ant. iii. 7]. During excavations on the chalk hill east of the football-ground an Anglo-Saxon burial- ground was discovered in 1899. Twenty skeletons lay 3 ft. deep, the graves not being cut in the chalk rock, but the bodies lying on the gravel bed, east and west ; with them were two swords and several spears, bosses and handles of shields, also two openwork studs for the shield in animal form, bronze bowls with embossed rims, beads, draughtsmen of glass, an iron axe-head of francisca type, two small saucer-brooches and four cinerary urns of Anglian character, as well as fragments of others. Both the brooches and urns with cremated bones are rarities in Kent, and the occurrence of cineraries here lends colour to the alleged instances at Folkestone and Coombe (pp. 355, 364) [Collection of Mr. Geo. M. Arnold, F.S.A.]. Otterham Creek. — See p. 375. Amber bead 3 in. in diameter and ij in. thick at centre found in an Anglo-Saxon grave [Coll. Cant. 86]. OZINGELL. 5^1? p. 362. Patrixbourne. — See p. 342. PosTLiNG. — Small brooch with keystone garnets Inv. Sep. pi. ii. fig. 3], and pair of belt- rivets, found 1773 [pi. viii. fig. 14]. Ramsgate. — Near Three Mills, Roman urns with calcined bones found about 1846 in proximity to Saxon swords placed beside skeletons : collection of Mr. Tomson [your. Brit. Arch. Assoc, ii. 281]. The site is near the junction of West Cliff Road and Grange Road. Reculver. — See "p. 361. RicHBOROUGH. — See p. 361. RiNGWouLD. — See p. 363. Rochester. — See p. 376. Site of Anglo-Saxon discoveries in 1892 south-west of St. Margaret's Church marked on Ord. Map, xix. In 1852-3 about twenty skeletons found on Star Hill, near Eastgate : relics included keystone brooch, rectangular buckle-plate, Roman armlet, five spear-heads, and beads of glass and amber Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, ix. 407, pi. 32 ; Coll. Ant. iii. 209, pi. xxxiv]. St. Margaret's. — See p. 363. St. Martin's. — See p. 341. Sandgate. — Bronze mount of bucket found towards Sandgate [Arch. Journ. viii. 177 ; Coll. Ant. ii. 161, fig. a: now British Museum]. Sarre. — See p. 357. Two iron discs, spear-heads and knives, with part of a bucket from graves found 1868: British Museum, from Durden collection [Proc. Soc. Antiq. xiv. 312]. Shepherd's Well = Sibertswold. — See p. 350. Sittingbourne. — See pp. 373, 374, 382. Stodmarsh. — See p. 357. Stowting. — See p. 365. Strood. — See p. 376. Teynham. — See p. 373. In 1888 workmen excavating for brick-earth found a sword and beads, and on another occasion an urn, beads and a knife, doubtless from Anglo-Saxon graves [Coll. Cant. 114, 198; East Kent Gazette, 17 March, 1888]. Three fine circular brooches, beads, armlet, buckle, iron key and amber glass ; also iron spear, shield-boss and sword, found in 1889 [Proc. Soc. Antiq. xiii. 190]. Thanet. — Among several coins found in the island was a novel variety of penny of Aethelheard, Archbishop of Canterbury, in conjunction with King Offa [Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, i. (184s), 149]. In 1847 Lord Holmesdale exhibited a gold brooch, found in 1841 and attributed to the ninth or tenth century, but ' set with pieces of coloured glass, tastefully arranged ' [Arch. Jour. iv. 164]. Two glass beads of chevron pattern, said to have been found in a grave on North Down, and others of the same kind ploughed up [British Museumj. Walmer. — See p. 363. 386