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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1079
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Roman pottery scatter, Cliffe Marshes

Summary

A roman pottery scatter of 2nd century material at Cliffe Marshes. Included some Samian and also medieval pottery sherds (see TQ 77 NW 1084).


Grid Reference:TQ 7194 7718
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

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From information by Chaplin, A.P.G.M. employees, and by ground observations the following sites have been determined. [TQ 71947718]; site of scatter of 2nd. c. Roman pottery including some Samian but also including some Med. Sherds (TQ 77 NW 1084) found by Chaplin. There is nothing visible at the site now. Additional bibliographic references (1-8 and 11-12)
For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (9). For details of salt-working hearths and context with regional salt-working industry, see (10).


<1> Arch Cant 76 1961 205-6 (RE Chaplin & Miss JP Coy) (OS Card Reference). SKE35599.

<2> Arch Cant 77 1962 I (50) (OS Card Reference). SKE35622.

<3> Oral: RE Chaplin asst curator Passmore - Edwards Mus Romford Rd Stratford (OS Card Reference). SKE48088.

<4> F1 FGA 16-DEC-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42927.

<5> Arch Cant 81 1966 lv (RF Hutchings) (OS Card Reference). SKE35731.

<6> F2 ASP 25-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE43168.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4235.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4236.

<9> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 32 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<10> Topping, P & Swan, V G, 1995, Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary (Article in monograph). SWX9354.

<11> Philp, B. J., 1963, Romano-British West Kent AD 43-100 (Article in serial). SWX7492.

<12> Chaplin, R. E. and Coy, J. P., 1961, Cliffe, 1961: Research and Discoveries in Kent (Article in serial). SWX7483.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 76 1961 205-6 (RE Chaplin & Miss JP Coy).
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 77 1962 I (50).
<3>OS Card Reference: Oral: RE Chaplin asst curator Passmore - Edwards Mus Romford Rd Stratford.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 16-DEC-64.
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 81 1966 lv (RF Hutchings).
<6>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 25-NOV-69.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - December, 1964.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - November, 1969.
<9>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 32.
<10>Article in monograph: Topping, P & Swan, V G. 1995. Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary. 28-40.
<11>Article in serial: Philp, B. J.. 1963. Romano-British West Kent AD 43-100. 78, pages 74-82.
<12>Article in serial: Chaplin, R. E. and Coy, J. P.. 1961. Cliffe, 1961: Research and Discoveries in Kent. 76, pages 205-6.