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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SE 66 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British Features, Minster-in-Sheppey |
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Summary
A small number of features, pits and post-holes, containing a few sherds of pottery dating to between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD. These features indicate the presence of a nearby settlement.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9560 7301 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SE |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Abandoned, Roman - 100 AD? to 399 AD? (at some time))
- POST HOLE (Abandoned, Roman - 100 AD? to 399 AD? (between))
- SITE (Abandoned, Roman - 100 AD? to 199 AD? (between))
Full description
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A small number of features, pits and post-holes, containing a few sherds of pottery dating to between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD. These features and the inclusion of a large quantity of Roman tile in the Minster Abbey church (TQ 97 SE 1), indicate the presence of a nearby settlement.(1)
<1> Philp, B & Chenery, M, 1998, Prehistoric and Monastic Sites at Minster Abbey, Sheppey, Kent (Monograph). SKE12306.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Philp, B & Chenery, M. 1998. Prehistoric and Monastic Sites at Minster Abbey, Sheppey, Kent. |
