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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 SE 15 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British cremation burial |
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Summary
A Roman cremation burial jar with human remains was found behind stables at Ivy Hatch Court circa 1880.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5842 5447 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55SE |
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| Parish: | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CREMATION (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 5842 5447] Roman cremation burial-jar with charred human bones and smaller vessel found 18 inches deep behind stables at Ivy Hatch Court. (1) The present occupier/owner of "The Stables", a private residence, knows nothing of this find, which was probably made at the time of the construction of the stable block. (Ivy Hatch Court was built about 1880.) The present whereabouts of the pottery has not been ascertained. (2)
<1> Letter (John Hale to Benjamin Harrison, 26.11.1885) (OS Card Reference). SKE46049.
<2> Rec. 6" (E. Harrison, 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49085.
<3> F1 ASP 12-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42064.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 15 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2841.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Letter (John Hale to Benjamin Harrison, 26.11.1885). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Rec. 6" (E. Harrison, 1928). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-AUG-64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 15 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #38991 find, ] |
