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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 1050 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Venus figurine and pottery find at Bromhey Farm, Cooling |
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Summary
A clay figurine of Venus and a mortarium rim, stamped 'Matvgenvs' were found at Bromhey Farm in c.1930. Pipe-Clay Venus figurine previuosly found in Cooling in 1958. The precise location of this find or its present whereabouts are now uncertain.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 764 766 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MORTARIUM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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F. Mugeridge (2) found a clay figure of Venus and a mortarium rim, stamped 'Matvgenvs' in the immediate neighbourhood. For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (1).
Description from record TQ 77 NE 14:
[TQ 75 75] Pipe-clay Venus. (1) Additional bibliography. (2)
<1> BAR 24 1976 A Corpus of Religious Material from the Civilian Areas of Ro Britain 1976 229 (MJ Green) (OS Card Reference). SKE37504.
<1> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 28 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<2> Arch Cant 72 1958 71 (F Jenkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE35521.
<2> Arch. Cant. 42.1930 XLViii (OS Card Reference). SKE37004.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: BAR 24 1976 A Corpus of Religious Material from the Civilian Areas of Ro Britain 1976 229 (MJ Green). |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 28. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 72 1958 71 (F Jenkins). [Mapped feature: #87091 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 42.1930 XLViii. |
