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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 72
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British cremation cemetery

Summary

A Roman cremation cemetery was found about 1851 in a hedge bank near Guston, apparantly near East Hill. There were 18 vessels containing burnt bones, placed in pairs


Grid Reference:TR 33 44
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:GUSTON, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • CREMATION (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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A Roman cremation cemetery (18 vessels, containing burnt bones, placed in pairs 8-10 ft apart) "was found about 1851 in a hedge bank of a disused road on the Downs above Dover and St. Margaret's, near Guston, and about 2 miles from Dover near the Deal Road, apparently near East Hill". (1,2) (Probably in the area TR 3344 (3)) (1,2,3,4,5) No further information has been uncovered that would lead to a more accurate siting. (6)

Additional references and information (7-8)


<1> VCH Kent 3 1932 166 (R F Jessup M V Taylor & C F C Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE51090.

<2> JBAA 8 1953 361 (OS Card Reference). SKE44995.

<3> OS 1st Edn 1" 1819 (OS Card Reference). SKE48246.

<4> Gent's Mag Dec 1852 622 (OS Card Reference). SKE43589.

<5> Arch Mine 1 1855 16 (A J Dunkin) (OS Card Reference). SKE36777.

<6> F1 ASP 25.05.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42272.

<7> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 72 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6016.

<8> Cluttons, 2002, Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main (Unpublished document). SKE8212.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 166 (R F Jessup M V Taylor & C F C Hawkes).
<2>OS Card Reference: JBAA 8 1953 361.
<3>OS Card Reference: OS 1st Edn 1" 1819.
<4>OS Card Reference: Gent's Mag Dec 1852 622.
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Mine 1 1855 16 (A J Dunkin). [Mapped feature: #55246 cemetery, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.05.64.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 72 - May, 1964.
<8>Unpublished document: Cluttons. 2002. Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main.