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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 13 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Iron Age cooking pot, Chilham |
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Summary
An Iron Age cooking pot was reportedly found in the parish of Chilham at some time before 1936. The exact nature of its discovery or the date of this event are uncertain. The from and characteristics of the artefact are unknown and it is thought to remain in the hands of a private owner.
| Grid Reference: | TR 06 53 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SE |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC (at some time) to 42 AD (at some time))
Associated Finds
- VESSEL (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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An Iron Age `C' Cooking Pot, in the possession of Sir Edmund Davis, `was dug up some years ago in the parish of Chilham'. (1) Sir Edmund Davis left Chilham Castle many years ago and is believed dead. The present whereabouts of the pot is not known. (2)
<1> Ant J 16 1936 467 Illus (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE33134.
<2> F1 ASP 17-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42152.
<3> Field report for monument TR 05 SE 13 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5219.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Ant J 16 1936 467 Illus (RF Jessup). [Mapped feature: #40364 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 17-MAY-1963. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 05 SE 13 - May, 1963. |
