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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 38
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British cremation burial group, found at Gransden's Brickfield, Hale, Gillingham

Summary

Romano-British burial, found in 1901 at Gransden's Brickfield about 30m south of the Luton-Bredhurst road. The burial group consisted of a large buff-coloured vessel with two handles and an urn-vase of flesh tint.


Grid Reference:TQ 7814 6558
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CINERARY URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 7815 6558] Romano-British Burial found A.D.1901 [T.1.] (1) An R.B. burial group, consisting of a large buff-coloured vessel with two handles and an urn-vase of flesh tint was found in Gransden's Brickfield about 30 yds south of the Luton-Bredhurst road. (2) No further information: pit disused. (3)


<1> OS 6" 1938-9 (OS Card Reference). SKE48357.

<2> "Researches & Discoveries 1900-01" Arch Cant 25 1902 lx (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE32682.

<3> F1 CFW 04.11.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42417.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 38 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4062.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938-9.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: "Researches & Discoveries 1900-01" Arch Cant 25 1902 lx (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #21777 burials, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04.11.64.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NE 38 - November, 1964.