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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NE 19
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British burials found AD 1919-20, pottery found

Summary

Romano-British burials were found AD 1919-20 in a sandpit north of Sandling. The pottery, consisting of a bowl, beaker and flagon indicates a 4th century date.

Grid Reference:TQ 7543 5846
Map Sheet:TQ75NE
Parish:BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (BURIAL, Roman - 300 AD to 399 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Roman - 300 AD to 399 AD)
  • BOWL (Roman - 300 AD to 399 AD)
  • FLAGON (Roman - 300 AD to 399 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 75435847]. Romano-British burials found AD 1919-20 [T.I.]. (1) During the winter of 1919-20 several burial groups were uncovered in the sandpit on the east side of the road c. quarter mile north of Sandling and west of Abbey Court. The discoveries were not kept together but Maidstone Museum has the following: 4th C. New Forest bowl and an associated brown olla; Prob. 4th C. beaker; a one-handled flagon; a samian cup, Drag. 33. (2) Add. ref. (3) Pottery presented to Maidstone Museum by F. W. Legge includes a 4th c. AD bowl of red-coated ware imitating samian, on display. The remainder from this site is in store. (No accession numbers). Authority 1 siting falls beneath a widening of the Maidstone-Rochester Road. The sandpit has been disused for many years. (4)


<1> OS 6" 1936-47 (OS Card Reference). SKE48342.

<2> J H Elgar Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44805.

<3> Rochester Naturalist 6 1924 51 (J H Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE49297.

<4> VCH Kent 3 1932 148 (OS Card Reference). SKE51034.

<5> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46417.

<7> F1 ASP 24.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42250.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 18 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3789.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936-47.
<2>OS Card Reference: J H Elgar Maidstone Museum.
<3>OS Card Reference: Rochester Naturalist 6 1924 51 (J H Evans).
<4>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 148.
<5>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated.
<7>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 24.02.64.
<8>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 18 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #19188 Burials and finds, ]