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Monument details

Summary

Early Iron Age briquetage site.

Monument Types

• SALTERN? (pottery, Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)

Associated Finds

• BRIQUETAGE (Undated)

Full description

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[TQ 86736805: sited from map.] The remains of what had once been an extensive spread of Early Iron Age briquetage was found in 1925. The layer was some 2ft. thick, beneath 3ft. of post-Roman marsh clay, and yielded a fine series of La Tene II and III sherds, including several portions of pedestal urns. See AO/58/59/2 and 3. (1) This find is located below a Roman cultural horizon and may be compared with the Red Hills of Essex. (2) In the Romano-British briquetage site, which I described in auth.(1), Mr. Burrows of 62 Salisbury Road, Gillingham, found an early 2nd century cremation group comprising an urn, 6 1/4 inches high, covered by a dish and accompanied by a small vase. Additional bibliograhic entries (3-9).

The exact spot was pointed out to me by Mr. Anderson, Warden of the Lower Halstow Rifle Range. Unknown location: (10) Salt winning site under observation by the Upchurch Archaeological Group. Large deposits of briquetage waste. (11). Reference from field report (12,13).

Survey in 1999 confirms early 1st century salt winning area including circular ditch, post holes and natural drainage channel. 2nd century cremation burials at higher level intruding into 1st century debris (14). Briquetage found at this site (15). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (16) and for photographs of pottery from the site, see (17-18).

Archive material: AO58/59/2 EIA POTTERY/POTSHERDS FROM BRIQUETAGE BELOW A ROMAN CULTURAL HORIZON COMPARABLE WITH RED HILLS OF ESSEX.SEE PPSEA/5/1927
AO58/59/3 EIA POTTERY/POTSHERDS FROM BRIQUETAGE BELOW A ROMAN CULTURAL

<1> PPSEA 5 1925-7 74 295 6" map illus (JPT Burchell) (OS Card Reference). SKE48638.

<2> Archaeology of Kent 1930 135 258 (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE37341.

<3> Rochester Naturalist 6 1928 105 (NC Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE49302.

<4> Arch NL 6 1957 89-90 (JPT Burchell) (OS Card Reference). SKE36800.

<5> Arch Cant 65 1952 193 (RA Baldwin) (OS Card Reference). SKE35404.

<6> F1 AC 20-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41818.

<7> Oral Mr. Burrows 62 Salisbury Road Rainham (OS Card Reference). SKE47970.

<8> F2 CFW 12-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43227.

<9> KAR 40 1975 296 (I Jackson) (OS Card Reference). SKE45332.

<10> Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit RCHM(E) Supp Ser 5 Gaz 405 (OS Card Reference). SKE48554.

<11> BAR Rpt 10 1975 - Stamped IA pottery 73 (SM Elsdon) (OS Card Reference). SKE37594.

<12> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 9 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4531.

<13> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 9 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4532.

<14> Upchurch Archaeological Research Group, 1999, Medway Estuary, site locations and summary., Upchurch Arch Res Grp (Unpublished document). SWX9337.

<15> Jackson, I., 1975, A preliminary note on briquetage from the Upchurch Marshes (Article in serial). SWX7681.

<16> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p20 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<17> EIA POTTERY/POTSHERDS FROM BRIQUETAGE BELOW A ROMAN CULTURAL Types: POTTERY (Photograph). SKE192.

<18> EIA POTTERY/POTSHERDS FROM BRIQUETAGE BELOW A ROMAN CULTURAL HORIZON COMPARABLE WITH RED HILLS OF ES (Photograph). SKE191.

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