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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 21
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman burials, Preston Mill, Faversham

Summary

Four or five skeletons with several clasp head nails and an illegible silver Roman coin were found at Preston Mill in 1860, during building works at the Mill.


Grid Reference:TR 0178 6040
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Four or five skeletons with several clasp head nails (probably coffin nails) and an illegible Roman silver coin were found at Preston Mill in 1860. (1) A windmill stood at TR 0178 6040 (a). The burials have been sited to this area. (2)


<1> The Reliquary 13 1872-3 144 (G Bedo) (OS Card Reference). SKE50496.

<2> OS 6" 1877 (OS Card Reference). SKE48311.

<3> F1 ASP 02-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41890.

<4> Field report for monument TR 06 SW 21 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5296.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: The Reliquary 13 1872-3 144 (G Bedo).
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1877.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-AUG-63.
<4>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 SW 21 - August, 1963. [Mapped feature: #40451 burials, ]