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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SW 13 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British cemetery |
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Summary
A Roman cemetery of 100 burials is said to have been found on two or three acres of Lower Dane Field, Petham.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1347 5065 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SW |
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| Parish: | PETHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (CEMETERY, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Roman cemetery of 100 burials is said to have been found on two or three acres of Lower Dane Field, Petham. Local farmers (from 1893) have no information on this and have not heard of any cemetary. |
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Full description
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[TR 13465063] About 100 Roman burials on two or three acres of Lower Dane Field, Petham. (1) Lower Dane Field is centred at TR 13465063 (a). Mr. Wood, former owner of nearby Dane Chantry, has lived over 70 years in the district and his father before him, but he never heard reference to the cemetery. The present owner of the field, Mr. Fisher, could offer no information. (2)
<1> John Marten 1878 (OS Card Reference). SKE45023.
<2> Coll Cant 1893 197 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39138.
<3> Inf Mr Wood Homestead Fin Petham 20.1.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE44359.
<4> F1 ASP 20.01.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42196.
<5> Field report for monument TR 15 SW 13 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5502.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: John Marten 1878. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 197 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #44072 Cemetery, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Wood Homestead Fin Petham 20.1.65. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 20.01.65. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 15 SW 13 - January, 1965. |
