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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NE 1055
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British kiln debris, wasters

Summary

Romano-British kiln debris, wasters

Grid Reference:TQ 866 698
Map Sheet:TQ86NE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A number of Roman pottery kilns and salt working sites identified by aerial photography, survey and surface collection

Full description

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There is evidence of further kilns in the form of kiln debris and wasters along the foreshore, just below high water mark, to the N. as far as TQ 86686980 `B'. No evidence of pottery kilns was seen in the area of the published name. TQ 86686980 on the north edge of Milfordhope Marsh and along the foreshore to the south, deposits of kiln debris and wasters seen during surface observation by O.S. (authority 8) (1)

Possible Roman pottery kiln sites at Milfordhope are listed as follows:- TQ 86686980 on the north edge of Milfordhope Marsh and along the foreshore to the south, deposits of kiln debris and wasters seen during surface observation by O.S. (authority 8) (2). Additional bibliography (3-20). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (21). Additional site photographs (22-24).


<1> F2 AC 10-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43053.

<2> Oral I Jackson 63 Woodlands Road Gillingham (OS Card Reference). SKE47930.

<3> OS 6" 1906-38 (OS Card Reference). SKE48316.

<4> PSA 2nd ser 7 1876-8 292 (CH Woodruff) (OS Card Reference). SKE48798.

<5> Arch Cant 22 1897 liii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34849.

<6> Arch Cant 24 1900 lix (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34872.

<7> Collectanea Cantiana 1893 79 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39223.

<8> Collectanea Antiqua 6 1868 184 (C Roach Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE39201.

<9> VCH Kent 3 1932 132-3 (OS Card Reference). SKE51017.

<10> Maidstone Museum 6" (D Kelly Arch Asst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46366.

<11> G Davis 17 Drakes Close Upchurch (OS Card Reference). SKE43450.

<12> F1 CFW 25-JUN-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42761.

<13> Oral G Davies 17 Drakes Close Upchurch (OS Card Reference). SKE47924.

<14> F3 CFW 17-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43385.

<15> Arch Cant 68 1954 74-5 figs 82-4 (I Noel Hume) (OS Card Reference). SKE35439.

<16> Pottery Kilns of Ro Britain RCHME Supplementary Series 5 1984 411-3 (VG Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE48566.

<17> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - June, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4520.

<18> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4521.

<19> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4522.

<20> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 27 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<21> Hume, I. N., 1954, Romano-British potteries on the Upchurch Marshes (Article in serial). SWX9389.

<22> 1997, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11259.

<23> 1997, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11261.

<24> 1997, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11262.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F2 AC 10-AUG-63.
<2>OS Card Reference: Oral I Jackson 63 Woodlands Road Gillingham.
<3>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1906-38.
<4>OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd ser 7 1876-8 292 (CH Woodruff).
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 22 1897 liii (G Payne).
<6>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 24 1900 lix (G Payne).
<7>OS Card Reference: Collectanea Cantiana 1893 79 (G Payne).
<8>OS Card Reference: Collectanea Antiqua 6 1868 184 (C Roach Smith).
<9>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 132-3.
<10>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6" (D Kelly Arch Asst).
<11>OS Card Reference: G Davis 17 Drakes Close Upchurch.
<12>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 25-JUN-63.
<13>OS Card Reference: Oral G Davies 17 Drakes Close Upchurch.
<14>OS Card Reference: F3 CFW 17-NOV-64.
<15>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 68 1954 74-5 figs 82-4 (I Noel Hume).
<16>OS Card Reference: Pottery Kilns of Ro Britain RCHME Supplementary Series 5 1984 411-3 (VG Swan).
<17>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - June, 1963.
<18>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - August, 1963.
<19>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 1 - November, 1964.
<20>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 27.
<21>Article in serial: Hume, I. N.. 1954. Romano-British potteries on the Upchurch Marshes. LXVIII, p.72-90.
<22>Photograph (Print): 1997. Photograph. TQ8669/1. print.
<23>Photograph (Print): 1997. Photograph. TQ8669/3. print.
<24>Photograph (Print): 1997. Photograph. TQ8669/4. print.