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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 NW 143 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Late Post medieval pottery, roof tile, bricks and slag at Thurnham Castle, Thurnham |
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Summary
Archaelogical evaluation outside the castle but within the scheduled grounds. Late post-medieval pottery (including one Border Ware sherd and several local, glazed brown wares of mid-C18th date), roof tile, bricks and slag.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 80751 58209 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85NW |
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| Parish: | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Associated Finds
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- SLAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Archaelogical evaluation outside the castle but within the scheduled grounds. Late post-medieval pottery (including one Border Ware sherd and several local, glazed brown wares of mid-C18th date), roof tile, bricks and slag. Interpreted as former ploughsoil from reworked natural. Slag may suggest post-medieval iron-working near the castle, or it may derive from attempts to 'sweeten' the heavy clay soils, a practice common from elsewhere. (1)
<1> Archaeology South-East, 2004, An Archaeological Evaluation at Thurnham Castle, Thurnham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE13708.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2004. An Archaeological Evaluation at Thurnham Castle, Thurnham, Kent. |
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