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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 14
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British cremation cemetery

Summary

Romano-British cremation cemetery.

Grid Reference:TR 152 572
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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Roman burial ground. Most of the burials referred to in the literature as having come from this area were found in an area defined by the medieval boundaries of St Sepulchre's Nunnery. None of these finds were accurately located. Hasted (a) records burial urns from ground east of the Nunnery and from a nearby Orchard (1). In 1844 a coin was found by the Old Nunnery twenty feet from the Old Dover Road (2). In 1860 Brent (3) recorded the finding of burials during house building in the area of the Nunnery Cemetary and in 1861 the Kent Archaeological Society dug a badly recorded trench parallel to the Old Dover Road and inside the Nunnery boundary wall in which they dug out and catalogued at least three amphorae burials, and a number of other pots and finds. They also located a burnt clay feature which was interpreted as part of an ustrinum funerary pyre. A number of possible pottery wasters found nearby indicates that the ustrinum may in fact be a kiln. (1-3) No further information. (4) Possible boundary of St Sepulchre's Nunnery. (centred TR 152 572). (5)


<1> Brit Arch Assoc Canterbury Meeting 1845 330 (OS Card Reference). SKE38334.

<2> VCH Kent 3 1932 77 (REM Wheeler) (OS Card Reference). SKE51131.

<3> Mus Cat No 117 (OS Card Reference). SKE47486.

<4> Canterbury 1 181 1801 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE38533.

<5> Canterbury Mus Cat 24 26 (OS Card Reference). SKE38548.

<6> Cant Olden Times 33 plate IV4 (OS Card Reference). SKE38510.

<7> Hist of Kent 4 1799 451 452 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43982.

<8> Arch J 1 1844 279 (JA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE36519.

<9> Arch Cant 4 1861 28-33 (J Brent) (OS Card Reference). SKE35080.

<10> F1 CFW 30-DEC-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42832.

<11> Arch of Canterbury 8 1987 41 plans (S Frere P Bennett J Rady and S Stow) (OS Card Reference). SKE36852.

<12> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKe8109.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Brit Arch Assoc Canterbury Meeting 1845 330.
<2>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 77 (REM Wheeler).
<3>OS Card Reference: Mus Cat No 117.
<4>OS Card Reference: Canterbury 1 181 1801 (Hasted).
<5>OS Card Reference: Canterbury Mus Cat 24 26.
<6>OS Card Reference: Cant Olden Times 33 plate IV4.
<7>OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 4 1799 451 452 (Hasted).
<8>OS Card Reference: Arch J 1 1844 279 (JA Smith).
<9>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 4 1861 28-33 (J Brent). [Mapped feature: #43374 Cemetery, ]
<10>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 30-DEC-64.
<11>OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 8 1987 41 plans (S Frere P Bennett J Rady and S Stow).
<12>Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.