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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 128
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British Skull

Summary

Roman skull found in a chalk pit - The Devil's Court Hall - at Redlands near Canterbury. Redlands is possibly Ridlands Farm.


Grid Reference:TR 1517 5636
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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[TR 15175636 sited to Ridlands Farm from OS 1/10000 1979] A Roman skull was found in a chalk pit called "The Devil's Court Hall", at Redlands near Canterbury. (b) Presumably this is Ridlands farm south of the workhouse. (1)


<1> Thesaurus Craniorum 1867 22 (J Barnard David) (OS Card Reference). SKE50557.

<2> Arch Cant 46 1934 62 (OGS Crawford) (OS Card Reference). SKE35192.

<3> CW Phillips (OS Card Reference). SKE39537.

<4> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKe8109.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Thesaurus Craniorum 1867 22 (J Barnard David).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 46 1934 62 (OGS Crawford). [Mapped feature: #43458 Find, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: CW Phillips.
<4>Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.