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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 16
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman cemetery

Summary

A Roman cemetery consisting of inhumations and cremations of 1st to 3rd century date was found at Bayford. Possible hut sites or funeral pyres also present. Vessels of pottery, glass and bronze and a bronze lamp stand were excavated.

Grid Reference:TQ 9135 6406
Map Sheet:TQ96SW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMETERY (cremations and inhumations, Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)

Associated Finds

  • JUG (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)
  • LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 9135 6406] ROMAN BURIAL GROUND [R] (1) A Roman cemetery found c. 1875 (mostly pre-Hadrianic cremations but with two inhumation burials) was situated at Bayford on the east side of the road leading from Crown Quay Road to Adelaide Dock, Muston. Vessels of pottery, glass and bronze were unearthed here including a bronze lamp-stand and jugs of 1st and early 2nd century types (see Illustration Card). Two glass flagons in the British Museum from Bayford are late 2nd/3rd century and early 2nd century. (2-4) The area is waste ground formerly worked for brick earth. No closer siting evidence than George Payne's small scale maps (1.12 miles: 1 inch) could be found (2). Additional references include OS card / NAR index entries and references from relevant field report and sources (3-9).


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

<2> F1 ASP 16-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42136.

<3> Coll Cant 1893 44 (Map A no 14) (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39148.

<4> BM Guide to Roman Britain 1951 44 (OS Card Reference). SKE38195.

<5> VCH Kent 3 1932 97 (R E M Wheeler) (OS Card Reference). SKE51148.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 16 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4942.

<7> Payne, G., Romano-British Internments discovered at Bayford Next Sittingbourne (Article in serial). SWX9283.

<8> Payne, G., Roman Internment Discovered at Sittingbourne (Article in serial). SWX9284.

<9> Payne, G., 1881, On a "bustum" at Bayford (Article in serial). SWX7811.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-JUL-63.
<3>OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 44 (Map A no 14) (G Payne).
<4>OS Card Reference: BM Guide to Roman Britain 1951 44.
<5>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 97 (R E M Wheeler).
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 16 - July, 1963.
<7>Article in serial: Payne, G.. Romano-British Internments discovered at Bayford Next Sittingbourne. 16, p.1-8.
<8>XYArticle in serial: Payne, G.. Roman Internment Discovered at Sittingbourne. 11, p.47-8. [Mapped feature: #35828 Cemetery, ]
<9>Article in serial: Payne, G.. 1881. On a "bustum" at Bayford. 8, pages 508.