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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SE 18 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman farmstead |
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Summary
A possible Roman farmstead/settlement dating to the third quarter of the 1st century AD was discovered in 1967 during farming work on Standford Hill. Pottery sherds, animal bones and some briquetage was found.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 981 702 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SE |
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| Parish: | EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARM (FARM, Roman - 50 AD to 75 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 50 AD to 75 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 50 AD to 75 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 50 AD to 75 AD)
Full description
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TQ981702. A Roman site, presumably a small farmstead occupied during the third quarter of the 1st cent.A.D., was descovered in 1967 during farming work on Standford Hill. Mr.F.Oakes carried out a small excavation and collected pottery sherds, animal bones, and some briquetage. (1) Find site covering a small area is centred within HM Prison Eastchurch and Mr Oakes is on the staff there. Finds are in Maidstone Museum but the site was not visted. (2)
<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 291-2 (DB Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35748.
<2> F1 CFW 04-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42422.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 97 SE 18 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5015.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 291-2 (DB Kelly). [Mapped feature: #36746 Roman occupation, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 04-NOV-69. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 97 SE 18 - November, 1969. |
