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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 86 NE 33
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Possible Roman kiln

Summary

Excavations in 1963 revealed four salt pans and much briquetage dating to the 2nd century.

Grid Reference:	TQ 8821 6823
Map Sheet:	TQ86NE
Parish:	IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
POTTERY KILN? (pottery and briquetage, Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
SALT WORKS (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Associated Finds

BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SHERD (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Full description

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TQ 8822 6822 : Briquettage from (? kiln) planned by A. Miles, January, 1963. Example in Maidstone Museum. (1) A rescue excavation conducted in 1963 near Funton Creek by the Lower Medway Research Group revealed evidence of industrial activity in the 2nd. c A.D. The precise nature of the site has yet to be ascertained. (2) The site of this excavation, centred at TQ 8821 6823, is clearly visible in the sea-eroded cliff of Funton Creek. No structures are visible but there is a strong concentration of briquettage along the foreshore, and some 1st.c/2nd.c sherds were found. Additional references (3-5) and for other sites in the context of the inter-tidal zone, see (6)..

<1> Maidstone Museum 6" - L.R.A. Grove, undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46356.

<2> Arch Cant 78 1963 lv (OS Card Reference). SKE35652.

<3> F1 CFW 15-DEC-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42586.

<4> Arch Cant 101 1984 165-8 plan map photo (A Detsicas) (OS Card Reference). SKE34555.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 33 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4552.

<6> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 29 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6" - L.R.A. Grove, undated.
<2>	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 78 1963 lv.
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15-DEC-64.
<4>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 165-8 plan map photo (A Detsicas). [Mapped feature: #29684 Find, ]
<5>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 33 - December, 1964.
<6>	Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 29.