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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NW 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Roman building, Ferry Fields, Isle of Harty |
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Summary
Roman roofing tiles, pottery and coins were found in Ferry Fields, Harty and a quern fragment found in nearby marshes. Later inspections, however, revealed no further material in these locations.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0128 6622 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NW |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Ring ditch type cropmarks. Roman roofing tiles and Samian pottery, and coins of Constantine were found in Ferry Fields. Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. |
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Full description
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[Area: TR 01506608] Harty; many roofing tiles, a piece of Samian and coins of Constantine found in Ferry Fields, behind Ferry House, and a quern from the marshes below Hockett's Farm, a little to the west, seem to indicate the site of a house. (1). Area Centred TR 01286622. Ferry Fields was indicated by Mr E Studd, Farm Bailiff for Mockett's Farm. The field is now permanent pasture, but nothing had been turned up in it, in his time, during past ploughing. No finds were made in a perambulation of the field, and the present whereabouts of finds was not ascertained (2). Additional reference (3). KE 42 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (4)
<1> VCH Kent 3 1932 118 RB Kent: Country Houses (M V Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51003.
<2> F1 ASP 14-AUG-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42095.
<3> Field report for monument TR 06 NW 2 - August, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5242.
<4> Eleanor Scott, 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain (Unspecified Type). SWX23549.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 118 RB Kent: Country Houses (M V Taylor). [Mapped feature: #40403 Villa?, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-AUG-59. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 NW 2 - August, 1959. |
| <4> | (No record type): Eleanor Scott. 1993. A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain. |
