Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Belgic pottery; Roman tile

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 50 AD)
• TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TR 17773507] Romano-British Pottery found AD 1935 [T.I.] (1) TR 17763508 Belgic potsherds dated 50 BC to 50 AD and a Roman tile found in April 1935. Occupatiuon layer found during excavation of site for New House in April 1935. The nearest houses to the given siting are Cottage in the Dell, built 1925, and Calverton built in the 1950's. The owner of the former property had no knowledge of this find though resident here in 1935. Further local enquiries were unproductive (b,c). (4)

<1> OS 1/1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48117.

<2> Pte. 6" (LRA Grove, 1950). (OS Card Reference). SKE48898.

<3> Pte. 6" (Kent Archaeol Soc 1950) (OS Card Reference). SKE48893.

<4> N.C Cook (OS Card Reference). SKE47504.

<5> F1 ASP 26-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42302.

<6> D.Kelly and Maidstone Museum Archaeol Ass (OS Card Reference). SKE39565.

<7> F.G Elliston and Erwood; Hythe Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE41730.

<8> Field report for monument TR 13 NE 5 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5327.

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