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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 735 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Six Roman grave cuts and a possible cremation burial, Doust Way, Rochester |
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Summary
Six grave cuts and a possible cremation burial, all thought to date to the Roman period, were found during an evaluation on the Rochester Riverside development site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7496 6797 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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31 trenches were excavated across the Rochester Riverside development site in late 2004 and early 2005. In trenches in the southern part of the site six grave cuts and a possible cremation burial, all thought to date to the Roman period, were found. Only one of the graves was partially explored and was found to contain a skull. No dating material was recovered (1-2).
An evaluation in 2008 in this area located three linear features containing Roman pottery. These were interpreted as boundary ditches to the cemetery. (3) It is possible, however, that burials do extend further to the west and north than the report proposes.
AOC Archaeology, 2008, Archive Report on Archaeological Works (Phases II-V): Rochester Riverside Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31289.
AOC Archaeology, 2008, Archive Report on Archaeological Works (Phases II-V): Rochester Riverside Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31289.
<1> AOC Archaeology Group, 2005, Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Rochester Riverside (Unpublished document). SKE15934.
<2> AOC Archaeology Group, 2006, Rochester Riverside, Kent: Post Excavation Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE15936.
<3> Archaeology South-East, 2008, An Archaeological Evaluation at Doust Way Car Park, Rochester, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16859.
<4> AOC Archaeology, RRS 04, Interim Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Rochester Riverside (Unpublished document). SKE51833.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology. 2008. Archive Report on Archaeological Works (Phases II-V): Rochester Riverside Kent. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2005. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Rochester Riverside. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2006. Rochester Riverside, Kent: Post Excavation Assessment. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2008. An Archaeological Evaluation at Doust Way Car Park, Rochester, Kent. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology. RRS 04. Interim Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Rochester Riverside. |
