Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's grave is a Long Barrow from the middle Neolithic . The mound of earth typical of East England is located near Chilham , west of Canterbury , in Kent . From its position on Julliberrie Downs, one overlooks the River Stour . The mound is approximately 44.0 m long and has no chambers, or it has an as yet unidentified wooden chamber, as found in some barrows from this period.
Investigations
A first investigation took place in 1702. Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth and Heneage Finch , who later became the 5th Earl of Winchilsea (1657-1726), carried out an excavation. Archeology was not yet recognized as a science and excavations were mainly carried out from treasure hunters. The pastor of Reculver wrote in a letter in 1745 that Finch had told him about some animal bones that he had found.
A worker hired in the 19th century to remove one side of the barrow found an urn containing coins from the Roman Emperor Constantine (AD 306–337). Later, a ditch was probably dug in the mound by a member of the Wildman family , but there is no record of any finds.
The first scientific investigation was carried out by RF Jessup in 1936 and 1937. The final report was published in 1939. The excavation found: 153 worked pieces of flint , shards of the Iron Age and the Roman period, a Roman coin from Magnus Maximus (383–388 AD) and a large number of animal bones from piglets, foxes, cattle, deer and sheep.
The excavation in 1937 yielded: 75 flint chips , a polished ax made of cream-colored flint and eight Roman coins. Two of them were illegible, the others date from the 4th century, and four Roman burials from the middle of the 1st century.
Roman burials
Burial I: a 5–7 year old child, bronze bracelet on the right arm and bronze brooch. Burial II, 17 year old girl with pottery.
Burial III and cremation in the same grave, young adult with six pottery. Funeral IV cremation, adult, urn and bowl.
There were signs of two more burials, but the excavation was stopped due to weather conditions before an investigation could be carried out.
Legend
Legend has it that Quintus Laberius Durus , one of the tribunes of Gaius Julius Caesar , who lived in 54 BC BC fell, is buried here.
literature
- P. Ashbee: Julliberrie's Grave, Chilham . In: Archaeologia Cantiana . Vol. CXVI, 1996.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 25 ″ N , 0 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ E