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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 NW 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman pottery, possible cremation burial, King's Wood |
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Summary
Sherds of Roman pottery and an almost complete flagon of early 2nd century Romano-British ware were found in fields near King's Wood The findspot is at a particularly prominent location on a bank overlooking the Wye river. It is also surrounded by a complex of banks, pits, old quarries, and sunken roads. During a survey of the site a patera drinking vessel was found, contemporary with the first vessel. As a result of this it has been suggested that these discoveries may have been from the same cremation burial deposit.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0486 4995 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04NW |
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| Parish: | GODMERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- FLAGON (Roman - 100 AD to 132 AD)
- PATERA (Roman - 100 AD to 132 AD)
Full description
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Sherds and an almost complete flagon of early C2nd RB ware was found TR 04754998 in Kings's Wood as a result of deer scrambling up and down the banks of a deep sunken road. As the findspot was on a steep bank overlooking the Wye and surrounded by a complex of banks, pits, old quarries, and sunken roads, situated only ten yards from the termination of two parallel banks of earth and flints, a survey was made by Mr G English of the South Kent College of Technology. In the course of this patera was found, comtemporary with the first vessel, and suggesting they were from a cremation burial deposit. (1) The findsite was located at TR 04864995 from the above siting evidence, and surveyed at 1:2500. There are a number of hollow ways leading over the shoulder of the hill around the findsite, also there is a complex of old field boundary banks, all of Medieval or later date. (2)
<1> Arch Cant 81 1966 lii (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE35726.
<2> F1 ASP 14-NOV-1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE42104.
<3> Field report for monument TR 04 NW 20 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5164.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 81 1966 lii (J Bradshaw). [Mapped feature: #39231 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-NOV-1969. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NW 20 - November, 1969. |
