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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1078 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman cremation deposits, Cliffe Marshes |
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Summary
Area of Roman cremation deposits overlaying an industrial area. Only a few sherds of pottery dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries were visible. The industrial area was indicated by large quantities of briquetage.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7227 7717 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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From information by Chaplin, A.P.G.M. employees, and by ground observations the following sites have been determined.
`A' [Centred TQ72287718]; site of Roman cremation burials overlying an 'industrial site' excavated by Chaplin, and marked by large quantities of briquetage visible in both banks of the baulk. Only a few sherds of 1st/2nd. c. pottery were found.
For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (2). For details of salt-working hearths and context with regional salt-working industry, see (1).
<1> Topping, P & Swan, V G, 1995, Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary (Article in monograph). SWX9354.
<2> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 32 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in monograph: Topping, P & Swan, V G. 1995. Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary. 28-40. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 32. |
