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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 5
Type of record:Monument
Name:Unidentified mound, near Wharf Farm, Cliffe

Summary

An unidentified mound containing small amounts of suspected Roman pottery and brick. Found when a low mound of black earth was removed c.1956 on Wharf Farm, Cliffe. The presence, nearby, of a Roman cremation group (see TQ 77 NW 4), suggests that this was probably the site of a Roman Kiln as associations between kilns and burials is fairly common in this region.

Grid Reference:TQ 741 769
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • MOUND (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Associated Finds

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 2 Roman kilns or medieval saltmounds. Identified from air photographs and producing Roman pottery and brick

Full description

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Quantities of burnt brick and potsherds were exposed when a low mound of black earth was removed about 1956 on Wharf Farm, Cliffe, at TQ 74217698 ('A') The site is now a shallow depression, but a slight scatter of burnt clay was visible in 1959. None of the pottery was retained.

A number of similar mounds in the vicinity (B-H centred TQ 744771) average about 15. 0m.by 10.0m and 1.0 m in height. Evans was informed that the field to the NE, centred TQ 744772, was strewn with 'Roman potsherds' but none have been preserved, and none were found during field investigation.

The presence, nearby, of a Roman cremation group (see TQ 77 NW 4), and the finds of supposed Roman sherds, suggests that this was probably the site of a Roman Kiln; The association of kilns with burials is fairly common in this region.(see TQ 77 NW 1067).

References include: OS Card/NAR entries (1-8), relevant references in field reports (8,9) and ite photographs (10-12).


<1> Mr L C Batchelor Wharf Farm Cliffe (OS Card Reference). SKE47397.

<2> Cant 6' (JH Evans July 1951) (OS Card Reference). SKE38485.

<3> E Geary (FI) 25-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41520.

<4> F1 FGA 10-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42911.

<5> Inf:RF Hutchings Schoolmaster Courtsole Farm Cliffe (OS Card Reference). SKE44442.

<6> Oral: RF Hutchings (OS Card Reference). SKE48089.

<7> F2 ASP 15-AUG-66 (OS Card Reference). SKE43114.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 5 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4217.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 5 - August, 1966 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4218.

<10> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9443.

<11> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9448.

<12> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9863.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Mr L C Batchelor Wharf Farm Cliffe.
<2>OS Card Reference: Cant 6' (JH Evans July 1951).
<3>OS Card Reference: E Geary (FI) 25-JUN-59.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 10-NOV-64.
<5>OS Card Reference: Inf:RF Hutchings Schoolmaster Courtsole Farm Cliffe.
<6>OS Card Reference: Oral: RF Hutchings.
<7>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 15-AUG-66.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 5 - November, 1964.
<9>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 5 - August, 1966.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4054. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4068. print.
<12>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4057. print.