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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SW 1005 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Pottery scatter and animal bone, found on Bishop Saltings, Gillingham |
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Summary
A scatter of 1st to 2nd century pottery and animal bone on bishops Saltings; thought to be either a redeposit fallen from cliff lines or a scatter of briquetage suggestive of salt manufacture.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8142 7078 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 200 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Scatter of 1st to 2nd century pottery. No features located. Redeposit from fallen cliff lines?(1) No visible remains in 2004. Though may be the scatter of Romano-British pottery, animal bone and briquetage suggestive of salt manufacture, noted at TQ81477077. See TQ 87 SW 1115 (2)
<1> Upchurch Archaeological Research Group, 1999, Medway Estuary, site locations and summary., Upchurch Arch Res Grp (Unpublished document). SWX9337.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Upchurch Archaeological Research Group. 1999. Medway Estuary, site locations and summary.. Upchurch Arch Res Grp. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
