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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 86 NE 2
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman potteries (sites of)

Summary

Sites of Roman potteries south of Milfordhope Marsh. Kiln furniture was also found.

Grid Reference:	TQ 8587 6859
Map Sheet:	TQ86NE
Parish:	UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POTTERY WORKS (POTTERY WORKS, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

KILN FURNITURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[Name at TQ 8588 6859] Roman Potteries [R] (Sites of) [NAT]. (1) Roman pottery kilns at Twinney Creek. (2) Site of Roman potteries a short distance south of Milfordhope Marsh. (3) The site of these potteries fall between high and low water mark in an area of deep mud and could not be investigated. (4) Area centred approx TQ 8588 6859 (grid ref applied wrongly to TQ 86 NE 5). Rectangular clay kiln bars found during surface observation by the Upchurch Archaeological Research Group in the early 1970s. Probable pottery kiln site in the vicinity. (5) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (7).

<1> OS 6" 1906-38 (OS Card Reference). SKE48316.

<2> Rec 6" (CW Phillips, AO udtd) (OS Card Reference). SKE49023.

<3> Rev ONB 3 (and OS 230) (G Webb, Estate Agent, Sittingbourne, Kent 1906) (OS Card Reference). SKE49201.

<4> F1 AC 20-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41818.

<5> Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit, RCHME Supplementary Ser 5 1984 410 (V G Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE48565.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 2 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4523.

<7> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 28 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1906-38.
<2>	OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (CW Phillips, AO udtd).
<3>	OS Card Reference: Rev ONB 3 (and OS 230) (G Webb, Estate Agent, Sittingbourne, Kent 1906).
<4>	OS Card Reference: F1 AC 20-AUG-63.
<5>	OS Card Reference: Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit, RCHME Supplementary Ser 5 1984 410 (V G Swan).
<6>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 2 - August, 1963.
<7>XY	Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 28. [Mapped feature: #29348 Kiln, ]