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Monument details

Summary

Roman foundations and tiles found in 1840 by Taylor Smythe in Eight Acres Field. Eight Acres, centred at TQ 77725262, is now part sports ground, part housing estate (all property of Kent County Constabulary) and there is nothing to be seen. No further finds are known to have been made in the area.

Monument Types

• BUILDING? (BUILDING, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FINDSPOT (TILE, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[Area TQ 777527] Roman foundations and tiles found in 1840 by Taylor Smythe in Eight Acres Field. (1)

Eight Acres, centred at TQ 77725262, is now part sports ground, part housing estate (all property of Kent County Constabulary) and there is nothing to be seen. No further finds are known to have been made in the area.(2)

Additional bibliography (3-5)

KE 61 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (6)

<1> Taylor Smith MSs 5 78 (in Miadstone Mus) (OS Card Reference). SKE49817.

<2> Maidstone Museum 6" (L R A Grove, Curator, 25-5-50) (OS Card Reference). SKE46374.

<3> Tithe Map Maidstone 1843 (OS Card Reference). SKE50584.

<4> F1 CFW 24.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42737.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 75 SE 18 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3969.

<6> Eleanor Scott, 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain (Unspecified Type). SWX23549.

Sources and further reading