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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 96 NW 9
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman cremation cemetery

Summary

A cremation cemetery consisting of a number of tiled cremations were found in 1889-94 during gravel digging.

Grid Reference:	TQ 908 651
Map Sheet:	TQ96NW
Parish:	SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
CREMATION (URNED CREMATIONS, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 909 651 - sited from Map A, No.10.] In 1889-94, during gravel digging, several inured cremations were uncovered, each group of urns being surrounded and covered by tiles. Numerous fragments of Roman tiles noticed previously in the same field, were doubtless the top covers of tile tombs unearthed by the plough.(1)(2)
The site of this old gravel-pit, until recently rough pasture, is being developed as a Trading Estate, but to date nothing more of archaeological interest has been found (3).

Additional references (4-5).

<1> Coll Cant 1893 32 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39144.

<2> PSA London 2nd Ser 13 188 (OS Card Reference). SKE48841.

<3> F1 CFW 18-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42634.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 9 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4868.

<5> Payne, G., 1895, Researches and discoveries in Kent, p xlvii (Article in serial). SWX7395.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 32 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #35004 cemetery, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: PSA London 2nd Ser 13 188.
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18-NOV-63.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 9 - November, 1963.
<5>	Article in serial: Payne, G.. 1895. Researches and discoveries in Kent. 21, pages xlvii-lv. p xlvii.