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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 43
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British pottery kiln found AD 1904

Summary

Romano-British pottery kiln found AD 1904 found 20 yds. north from where the Galley Hill man was found. Location accurate to 20m based on available information


Grid Reference:TQ 6039 7494
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

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[TQ 60397495]. A type IV Roman pottery kiln, 3 1/2 ft. in diameter, with pottery fragments nearby, was uncovered in 1904, at a depth of 5 ft. below the surface, 20 yds. north from where the Galley Hill man was found. [See TQ 67 SW 41]. (1)(2) The site lies within a now-disused chalk quarry. No further information. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)

Location accurate to 20m based on available information


<1> Arch.Cant.27,1905,lxxiii-lxxiv (illust.) (E.C. Youens) (OS Card Reference). SKE37194.

<2> Y Cymmroder 41, 1930, 73 (W.F. Grimes) (OS Card Reference). SKE51421.

<3> F1 ASP 14-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42109.

<4> The pottery kilns of Ro Brit 1984 Gaz 409 (VG Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE50478.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 43 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3673.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch.Cant.27,1905,lxxiii-lxxiv (illust.) (E.C. Youens).
<2>OS Card Reference: Y Cymmroder 41, 1930, 73 (W.F. Grimes).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-OCT-64.
<4>OS Card Reference: The pottery kilns of Ro Brit 1984 Gaz 409 (VG Swan).
<5>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 43 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #17171 Find, ]