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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1063
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British rubbish pit

Summary

2nd/3rd century pottery and building debris and Romano-Gaulish figurine


Grid Reference:TR 223 692
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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In 1949 a rubbish pit exposed in the cliff face nearby at `B' TR 22346923, was excavated by F. Jenkins who found among the apparently late 2nd/early 3rd century pottery and building debris infilling the fragments of a Romano-Gaulish clay cult figurine. (b)

The pits were destroyed by coastal erosion in 1953; all the finds including the figurine have been presented to the Royal Museum, Canterbury (1). Additional bibliography (2-5) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (6).


<1> Oral F Jenkins FSA (Hon Corr) (OS Card Reference). SKE47921.

<2> Arch Cant vol 66 1953 86-91 illus (OS Card Reference). SKE36427.

<3> F1 CFW 19.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42640.

<4> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 4 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5840.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 4 (Index). SWX11836.

<6> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p26 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Oral F Jenkins FSA (Hon Corr).
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 66 1953 86-91 illus.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 19.11.63.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 4 - November, 1963.
<6>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 4.
<6>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p26.