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Monument details

Summary

In 1900 a Romano-British cremation ritual pit was discovered in a field near Ryecrofts Wood. The pit contained a large two-handles urn, cremated bone, a small Castor urn, an iron lampstand, a Samian saucer and a red goblet.

Monument Types

• CREMATION (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• PIT (PIT, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• GOBLET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• LAMP HOLDER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• SAUCER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 5829 6986] Roman pottery found AD 1900 [NAT] (1) RB cremation burial group found. A large round two handled buff- coloured urn, 32 inches high and 21 inches in diameter, containing calcined bones, a small Castor urn, an iron lampstand, a Samian saucer, and a red goblet were found in a pit packed with large flints,3 feet 4 inches by 4 feet 3 inches and 3 feet deep in a field near RyeCroft Wood. Urn in now in Rochester Museum. (2) No further information. (3) Ritual pit. (4)

<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.

<2> Arch Cant 24 li (OS Card Reference). SKE34876.

<3> Arch Cant 25 lxiii fig 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE34900.

<4> VCH Kent vol III 1932 151 (OS Card Reference). SKE51231.

<5> F1 ASP 28.08.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42327.

<6> Studies in Ancient Europe (ed Coles and Simpson) 1968 264 (A Ross) (OS Card Reference). SKE49701.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 1 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2862.

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