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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 28 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Belgic urn, Found on Rochester High Street |
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Summary
A Belgic urn found during excavations on Rochester High Street. The urn was pear-shaped and identified as a pedestal urn. It was removed from beneath the Roman rampart bank and had no contents.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7438 6837 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CINERARY URN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 74386838] Excavations behind Messrs. Leonards in Rochester High Street, (Miss Spong's Garden on Livett's plan), uncovered a Belgic pear-shaped pedestal urn, beneath the Roman rampart bank. It was empty. (1-2) The exact findspot, at TQ 74386837, was indicated by Mr. Harrison. The urn is in Rochester Museum. (3)
<1> Arch Cant 76 1961 Lxxiv (AC Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE35606.
<2> Arch Cant 21 1895 plan 1:1250 facing p 17 (GM Livett) (OS Card Reference). SKE34834.
<3> Oral AC Harrison Chairman Lower Medway Research Group (OS Card Reference). SKE47909.
<4> F1 ASP 16.12.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42132.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 28 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4096.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 76 1961 Lxxiv (AC Harrison). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 21 1895 plan 1:1250 facing p 17 (GM Livett). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Oral AC Harrison Chairman Lower Medway Research Group. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16.12.64. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 28 - December, 1964. |
