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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 87 SW 1115
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Romano-British saltworking site, Bishop Saltings, Gillingham

Summary

A scatter of Romano-British pottery, briquetage and animal bone. Interpreted as a saltworking site. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey. (Is this a better position for similar finds identified during an earlier survey? See TQ 87 SW 1005).

Grid Reference:	TQ 81471 70778
Map Sheet:	TQ87SW
Parish:	GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

SALT WORKS? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Scatter of Romano-British pottery, animal bone and briquetage suggestive of salt manufacture. Perhaps a better position for a scatter of C1-2 Ad pottery noted in the vicinity in the course of an earlier survey, See TQ 87 SW 1005(1)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.