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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NE 35
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Roman kiln site

Summary

Brick, tile, briquetage, pottery, brick/kiln: Roman.

Grid Reference:TQ 8852 6837
Map Sheet:TQ86NE
Parish:IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • KILN (KILN, Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)

Full description

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The foreshore of Funton Creek at TQ 8853 6838 is littered with Roman brick and tile fragments, some of which are wasters, and much briquettage: pottery is very scarce and consists of sherds of "Upchurch" ware. Some excavations were carried out here in 1964 by A. E. Detsicas and A. Miles, and revealed a deposit of ash and briquettage with a few, apprarently Roman, pot sherds mixed in with it: on the surface of the deposit some pieces of molten lead were found and a brass coin of Severus Alexander. The excavators would not commit themselves on the site but there is sufficient evidence here to tentatively identify it as a Roman brick and tile kiln.
References from OS card index entries (1-6). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (7) and photograph (8).


<1> Oral A Miles 66 Headcorn Road Biddenden (OS Card Reference). SKE47907.

<2> F1 CFW 10-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42517.

<3> Arch Cant 80 1965 260-5 plan and illusts (A Miles) (OS Card Reference). SKE35689.

<4> Salt-Study of an Ancient Industry - 1975 27 28 (K de Brisay and KA Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE49400.

<5> Arch Cant 101 1984 165-168 photo plan illust (AP Detsicas) (OS Card Reference). SKE34554.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 35 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4554.

<7> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 29 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<8> ROMAN KILN EXCAVATED DETSICAS,A.,MILES,A. Types: BRICK KILN/TILE KILN (Photograph). SKE3.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Oral A Miles 66 Headcorn Road Biddenden.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-NOV-64.
<3>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 1965 260-5 plan and illusts (A Miles).
<4>OS Card Reference: Salt-Study of an Ancient Industry - 1975 27 28 (K de Brisay and KA Evans).
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 165-168 photo plan illust (AP Detsicas).
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 35 - November, 1964.
<7>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 29.
<8>XYPhotograph: ROMAN KILN EXCAVATED DETSICAS,A.,MILES,A. Types: BRICK KILN/TILE KILN. BB78/01976. Black and White. Negative. [Mapped feature: #29706 Roman kiln, ]