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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 03 NE 15 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Roman tiles |
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Summary
Great quantities of Roman tiles were found in c.1854 during drain digging; they possibly came from the same site as the building TR 03 NE 24 or they may indicate the site of a another villa.
| Grid Reference: | TR 09 35 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR03NE |
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| Parish: | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (TILE, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VILLA? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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In digging some deep drains at Court-at-Street, c. 1854, great quantities of Roman tiles were found. (1) The find-spot of these tiles could not be traced. They could have come from the same site as the building (TR 03 NE 24), but C3rd and C4th coins turn up occasionally in various parts of Court-at-Street. (2) KE 55 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (3)
<1> Trans. R.H.S. New Series, Vol.18, 1904, p.107 (A.D. Cheney) (OS Card Reference). SKE50678.
<2> Letter (J. Bradshaw, 29.8.74) (OS Card Reference). SKE46043.
<3> Eleanor Scott, 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain (Unspecified Type). SWX23549.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Trans. R.H.S. New Series, Vol.18, 1904, p.107 (A.D. Cheney). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Letter (J. Bradshaw, 29.8.74). |
| <3>XY | (No record type): Eleanor Scott. 1993. A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain. [Mapped feature: #38166 Find, ] |
