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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 96 SW 5
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Romano-British urns and amphora

Summary

Roman cinerary urns and an amphora were found between 1870 and 1880 in the fields to the rear of the White Hart Inn, Milton.

Grid Reference:	TQ 9019 6476
Map Sheet:	TQ96SW
Parish:	SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

CINERARY URN (CINERARY URN, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

AMPHORA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 90196477] Roman urns found A.D. 1870-80 [R]. (1) [Sited on Map A, No.11.] Roman sepulchral urns and an amphora were discovered in the fields to the rear of the White Hart Inn, Milton. [TQ 90366468]. (2) The area is now laid out as a recreation ground but has formerly been partly worked for brickearth. The only siting evidence appears to be George Payne's small scale map (1 1/8 miles: 1 inch). (3)

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Coll Cant 1893 33 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39145.

<3> F1 ASP 15-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42123.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 5 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4932.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 33 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #35711 Find, ]
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 15-JUL-63.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 5 - July, 1963.