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Description: | The archaeology collections housed in the Powell-Cotton Museum are of local material collected mostly from Thanet between 1910 and the present. The major part of the collections consist of material collected by Miss Antoinette Powell-Cotton at Minnis Bay and Grenham Bay, Birchington and material donated by Mr Steed from the Ozengell dig undertaken during the early 1980's. There are human skeletal remains from East Kent localities in the Museum's collections.
From Birchington there are various small finds from before and after the last war, the most important of which is a Bronze Palstave hoard found in Park Lane, Birchington still in the original pot. Various human remains, most of the early Roman period, from the nearby hamlet of Woodchurch are also held in the collection.
There is also a hoard of early tin coins from Quex Park. Items from Minnis Bay make up the bulk of the collection in the Museum and comprise mainly Bronze Age and Iron Age potsherds, with some metal and wood objects including Bronze Age cloak pins. The area was extensively excavated and photographed over a period of years by Miss Powell-Cotton. The cliff edges along Minnis and Grenham have produced a number of items, most intact pottery. This again was mostly late Bronze Age through to Iron Age, with some early Roman. The collection from the Ozengell dig consists of two claw beakers, some jewellery and a collection of small glass vessels, all of which are on display in the Museum.
There is an additional group of material from Sandwich Bay that was excavated by the Wessex Archaeology Unit. The museum also holds a small collection of Roman material - Samian ware from a wreck off the Whitstable coast, and some local finds given to the Museum over the years.
There is also a small collection of ancient Egyptian objects. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Quex Park
Birchington
Kent,
CT7 0BH | FAX: | 01843 846 661 | Telephone: | 01843 842 168 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5590 | Go to resource |
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