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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1082 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Roman pottery find, Cliffe Marshes, Cliffe |
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Summary
Roman pottery, found on land that is now an island near the Petrol Storage Depot. The finds were dated to the late Roman period. They included a mortarium which is in Rochester Museum.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7231 7650 |
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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.
[TQ 72327651]; late Roman pottery found by Chaplin; now an island and inaccessible. With the exception of the mortarium (marked SOLUS), now in Rochester Museum, all finds have been retained by Chaplin. For references to the site see (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 Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 32 (Unpublished document).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. |
