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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 41 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British saltworks |
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Summary
Saltern debris including briquetage and finds of Roman pottery discovered around Chetney Island by the Lower Medway Research Group in circa 1963 indicate the site of a Roman-British salt works.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8808 7015 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Roman saltworking site. Red bricketage eroding out of cliff, with pottery (fine and coarse ware), animal bone and burnt flint between layers of alluvial clay. |
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Full description
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Signs of Romano-British occupation around Chetney Island North of Chetney canal widespread indications of saltern debris and Romano-British pottery in the saltings (1). Surveys by the lower Medway Archaeological Research Group in c1963 showed an extensive Romano-British site with much briquetage in the saltings on the north side of Chetney Island, bisected by the 19th century Lazaret Canal (2) Romano-British salt panning site, (site shown at TQ 88067014 see Illustration Card for location map) (3). Site photograph (4).
<1> Arch Cant 80 1965 273 (MA Ocock) (OS Card Reference). SKE35695.
<2> Salt - Study of an Anc Indust 1975 27 (ed K de Brisay & K A Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE49391.
<3> Arch Cant 101 1984 fig 1 facing p166 (AP Desticas) (OS Card Reference). SKE34604.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10340.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 80 1965 273 (MA Ocock). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Salt - Study of an Anc Indust 1975 27 (ed K de Brisay & K A Evans). |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 fig 1 facing p166 (AP Desticas). [Mapped feature: #32241 saltern, ] |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 87. print. |
