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Monument details

Summary

Mortarium (c.70 AD), Higham Creek

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Roman - 70 AD to 70 AD (at some time))
• SITE? (Roman - 70 AD to 70 AD)

Associated Finds

• VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Half a Roman mortarium, stamped twice on the rim with the name "VALENTINANVS" and dated to c.A.D.70, was found on the foreshore at Higham by W.H. Brown of Horton Kirby. Donated to Maidstone Museum (See No 29.1950) (1). The find spot TQ 70307572 is approximate only,@ and falls in an area of inaccessible soft mud (2). Additional index entry and reference (3,4). Soft mud, too dangerous to proceed out onto mudflat in 2005 coastal survey to see if there were any further remains(5)

<1> Arch. Cant. 74,1960, 194 (L.R.A. Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE37051.

<2> oral. L.R.A. Grove Curator, Maidstone Museum. (OS Card Reference). SKE48007.

<3> F1 FGA 26-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42987.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 18 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4239.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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