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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NW 6 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British hut circle |
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Summary
Site of a Roman round house consisting of a rammed chalk floor with traces of water-logged posts; small finds included fragments of brick and pottery and a boars tusk.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5211 5973 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NW |
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| Parish: | OTFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (HUT, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 5212 5973] Early R.B. hut - traces of wooden constructed hut beside River Darent, north of Otford. (1) This building was found initially during the construction of a fence. It was seen by Col. Meates who found a rammed chalk floor with traces of water-logged posts: small finds included fragments of brick and pottery and a boars tusk none of which was retained. There is now nothing to be seen at the site. (2)
<1> Corr 6" (Lt Col Meates, 1951) (OS Card Reference). SKE39274.
<2> Col G W Meates, Lullingstone. (OS Card Reference). SKE39082.
<3> F1 CFW 11-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42526.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 6 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2796.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Corr 6" (Lt Col Meates, 1951). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Col G W Meates, Lullingstone.. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 11-AUG-64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 6 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #29793 round house, ] |
