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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NE 10
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Romano-British occupation site

Summary

Finds of Roman pottery, nails, tiles, a quern and a phalera indicate the possible site of a Roman settlement.

Grid Reference:TQ 8640 6788
Map Sheet:TQ86NE
Parish:LOWER HALSTOW, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • DISC (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 8640 6789] A Romano-British occupation site from which were recovered sherds (many of Upchurch ware), tiling (ridged and otherwise), iron nails, a broken quern and a bronze phalera. See AO/58/59/4. (1) A small bronze phalera, given by Mr J. P. T. Burchell, is in the British Museum. (2) A faint scatter of building debris and sherds mark the general area of this site which now lies below the high water mark. (3). Additional reference from relevant field reports (4). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (5) and photographs of artefacts from the site (6).


<1> PPSEA 5 1925-7 295 illus 6" map (J P T Burchell) (OS Card Reference). SKE48636.

<2> VCH Kent 3 1932 156 (OS Card Reference). SKE51058.

<3> F1 CFW 02-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42391.

<4> Field Report for Monument TQ 86 NE 10 - July,1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6472.

<5> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p25-6 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<6> BRONZE PHALERA FOUND BY J. BURCHELL.SEE PPSEA/5/1927 Types: HORSE TRAPPINGS (Photograph). SKE193.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: PPSEA 5 1925-7 295 illus 6" map (J P T Burchell).
<2>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 156.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 02-JUL-63.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field Report for Monument TQ 86 NE 10 - July,1963.
<5>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p25-6.
<6>XYPhotograph: BRONZE PHALERA FOUND BY J. BURCHELL.SEE PPSEA/5/1927 Types: HORSE TRAPPINGS. AO58/59/4. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #29437 find, ]