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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1134 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Peat deposits and pottery, Bishop Saltings, Gillingham |
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Summary
Section of buried peat with pottery and other remains within it inclduing charcoal, burnt flint and unburnt animal bone. Probably a large area of salt works on Bishop Saltings. Identified during a 2004 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 82004 70611 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BURNT FLINT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Section of buried peat with pottery remains within it. The pottery is fine grained. The lower buried organic and pottery horizon are at the same height of the find spot at 1013 with charcoal, burnt flint and unburnt animal bone. Probable large area of saltings. The sequence from base looks like clay, organic peaty layer with pottery remains, overlain by clay and another organic layer as below, followed by clay and modern marsh. (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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. |
