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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 SW 28
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cremation burial

Summary

A Romano British cremation burial was found in 1923 at the back of Holborough Garage.

Grid Reference:TQ 7038 6213
Map Sheet:TQ76SW
Parish:SNODLAND, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

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

Full description

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[TQ 70386213] Romano - British interment consisting of two urns, one with burnt human remains and burnt fragments of brass chain found in the spring 1923. (1) A small cremation cemetery disclosed in 1923 in the garden at the back of "Holyboro' Garage". (2) Local enquiries failed to produce further evidence of this site. Holborough Garages was built in 1924 but Mr. F.C. Botten, the proprieter and a local man, knew nothing of the find. (3)

Additional Info(5).


<1> Maidstone Museum Arch 6" (Anon; undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46400.

<2> Arch Cant. Vol. 68 1954 p. 5 (R.F. Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36478.

<3> F1 CFW 30-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42836.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 28 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4189.

<5> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1996, Specification for Archaeological & Historical Landscape Baseline Studies: Holborough (Unpublished document). SKE7127.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch 6" (Anon; undated).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant. Vol. 68 1954 p. 5 (R.F. Jessup). [Mapped feature: #24370 Cemetery, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 30-JUN-59.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 28 - June, 1959.
<5>Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1996. Specification for Archaeological & Historical Landscape Baseline Studies: Holborough.