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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 55 NE 23
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Romano-British cremation cemetery

Summary

A Roman cremation cemetery consisting of about 60 urns was found circa 1835 at Patchgrove Wood, Ightham.

Grid Reference:	TQ 581 573
Map Sheet:	TQ55NE
Parish:	IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

CREMATION CEMETERY (CREMATION CEMETERY, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[Marginal] Fragments of about 60 Roman urns with burnt earth, ashes and calcined stones were found at the head of a stream called "Busty" and "Shode" to the west of Patchgrove Wood, Ightham. (1-2) Local enquiries failed to locate the source of this stream. The finds could have been made in Buckwell field (site of the Ro, pottery found c.1835 - see TQ 55 NE 2) where a stream feeding the Busty issues from a pond.(3)

<1> Arch. Cant. 34, 1920, "Researches and Discoveries in Kent 1915-19." 157, (B. Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE37000.

<2> "Harrison of Ightham" 1928, p.384. (This reference falls in the index) (E. Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE32622.

<3> F1 ASP 12-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42064.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 23 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2766.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 34, 1920, "Researches and Discoveries in Kent 1915-19." 157, (B. Harrison).
<2>	OS Card Reference: "Harrison of Ightham" 1928, p.384. (This reference falls in the index) (E. Harrison).
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-AUG-64.
<4>XY	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 23 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #24159 Cemetery, ]