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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 15 NW 147
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Romano-British grave, urn

Summary

The remains of a Roman grave containing a cinerary urn with finds of sheep bones, glass fragments, pottery, tiles and oyster shells was found in the grounds of Ivy House in the 19th century.

Grid Reference:	TR 148 572
Map Sheet:	TR15NW
Parish:	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

CINERARY URN (CINERARY URN, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
GRAVE (GRAVE, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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(TR 148572) A drawing of a Roman urn 6.25 inches high, with a globular body and narrow neck, which had been found by a railway labourer in the cutting [TR 148572] below the Dane John, in the grounds of Ivy House, was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries, London in 1860. The find spot was examined by JB Shepherd who found the remains of a grave, black soil, sheep bones, fragments of glass, black pottery tiles and oyster shells. (1)

<1> PSA ser 2 1 1860 185 (JY Akerman) (OS Card Reference). SKE48845.

<2> JB Shepherd (OS Card Reference). SKE44849.

<3> 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Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document).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: PSA ser 2 1 1860 185 (JY Akerman).
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: JB Shepherd. [Mapped feature: #43720 Grave, ]
<3>	Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.