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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 13
Type of record:Monument
Name:Belgic cremations, Roman pottery, and 1st century fibula found near the Old Hermitage

Summary

A late Celtic interment was found in 1923 near the site of St. Lawrences Chapel, or Old Hermitage. Finds included pedestal cinerary urns of Aylesford type, a patera of Belgic ware, and a bronze bow-shaped fibula. A piece of a samian bowl was also found in 1923 close to the site of the chapel. The finds were made in a sandpit which has not been worked for many years and is completely overgrown.

Grid Reference:TQ 7317 5616
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • CREMATION (CREMATION, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CINERARY URN (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
  • PATERA (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
  • BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 73185617] Late Celtic Urns 1923. (1) Late Celtic interment found in 1923. Pedestal cinerary urns of Aylesford type. Patera of Belgic ware. Bronze bow-shaped fibula now in Maidstone Mus. [TQ 73185617] (2) In 1923, a piece of a samian bowl (form 37) prob. Antonine, was found close to the site of the chapel. (3) The finds were made in a sandpit which has not been worked for many years and is completely overgrown. In store in Maidstone Museum are the patera, fibula and piece of samian bowl from this site. (No accession numbers). A pedestal urn of Aylesford type supposed to be in the museum (c) could not be located. (4) Additional bibliography. (5-8)


<1> Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49046.

<2> Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46291.

<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 144 (OS Card Reference). SKE51020.

<4> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46417.

<5> Inf: D B Kelly Asst Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44410.

<7> F1 ASP 02.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41882.

<8> BAR 90 Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster) (OS Card Reference). SKE37581.

<9> Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology (ed Sieveking Longworth Wilson) 1976 412-413 illus (I St (OS Card Reference). SKE48666.

<10> Rept Res Comm Soc Antiq of London 5 Excavation of the late-Celtic Urn-field at Swarling Kent 1925 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE49172.

<11> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 13 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3865.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated).
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated).
<3>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 144.
<4>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated.
<5>OS Card Reference: Inf: D B Kelly Asst Curator Maidstone Museum.
<7>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02.03.64.
<8>XYOS Card Reference: BAR 90 Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster). [Mapped feature: #19685 burials, ]
<9>OS Card Reference: Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology (ed Sieveking Longworth Wilson) 1976 412-413 illus (I St.
<10>OS Card Reference: Rept Res Comm Soc Antiq of London 5 Excavation of the late-Celtic Urn-field at Swarling Kent 1925 2.
<11>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 13 - March, 1964.