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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 87 SW 2
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Roman jar, found 1865, Darnet Ness, Gillingham

Summary

A Roman jar, found in 1865 at Darnet Ness on the east bank of the lower Medway. Identified as a Roman wide-mouthed jar dating from the late 1st/early 2nd century. Now thought to be in store at Maidstone Museum. Nothing further was seen on a visit to the site during a 2004 coastal survey.

Grid Reference:	TQ 806 708
Map Sheet:	TQ87SW
Parish:	GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

JAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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DARNET NESS. On the east bank of the lower Medway a Roman wide-mouthed jar (late 1st/early 2nd cent.) was found in 1865.(a) (1) Not on exhibition, but probably in store at Maidstone Museum (2). Additional references (3,4). Site photographs (5-7). No visible remains in 2004. (8)

<1> Kent Arch Soc Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE45884.

<2> VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151 (OS Card Reference). SKE51213.

<3> F1 ASP 11-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42046.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 87 SW 2 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4690.

<5> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11201.

<6> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11203.

<7> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11205.

<8> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Soc Mus.
<2>	OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151.
<3>XY	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11-AUG-63. [Mapped feature: #32336 find, ]
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 87 SW 2 - April, 1963.
<5>	Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/4. print.
<6>	Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/6. print.
<7>	Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ8070/8. print.
<8>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.