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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 45 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman pottery and a mosaic from Sugarloaf Hill, Folkestone |
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Summary
Roman pottery from Sugarloaf Hill, Folkestone, was exhibited in 1874. No further information has been gained on the 1874 find, but two later Roman finds have been made in the vicinity of Sugarloaf Hill. The first is a large cinerary urn which was found in 1918 during excavations at "the back of the hill". Its fragments are in store in Folkestone Museum. The second is a fragment of tessalated pavement found on an allotment near the foot of Sugarloaf Hill
| Grid Reference: | TR 22 37 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PAVEMENT (PAVEMENT, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Roman pottery from Sugarloaf Hill, Folkestone, exhibited in 1874. (1) No further information was gained on the 1874 find, but two later Roman finds have been made in the vicinity of Sugarloaf Hill. The first is a large cinerary urn which was found in 1918 during excavations at "the back of the hill". Its fragments are in store in Folkestone Museum. The second is a fragment of tessalated pavement found on an allotment near the foot of Sugarloaf Hill: it was donated to Folkestone Museum in 1924 by a Mr. Weeks of Park Farm Cottage. Mr. Weeks could not be traced but the allotment referred to may be the one on the east side of Park Farm Road (centred at TR 223372). The fragment of pavingcannot be traced in Folkestone Museum. (2) Roman pottery and burial urns from Sugar Loaf Hill. They are probably the contents of an early tumulus (TR 23 NW 70). (3) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (4-5) KE 37 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (6)
<1> Arch Cant 10 1876 xli (OS Card Reference). SKE34516.
<2> F1 CFW 29.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42804.
<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup MV Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51055.
<4> Wanderings of an Antiquary 1854 114 (Wright) (OS Card Reference). SKE51266.
<5> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 45 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5625.
<6> 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: Arch Cant 10 1876 xli. [Mapped feature: #45037 Roman finds and possible strutcure, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29.04.64. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup MV Taylor). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Wanderings of an Antiquary 1854 114 (Wright). |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 45 - April, 1964. |
| <6> | (No record type): Eleanor Scott. 1993. A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain. |
