Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Fragments of two large Samian vessels and smaller vessels, together with black ware were found while digging a narrow trench at the foot of Caesar's Camp, Folkestone.

No further information on this find, which sounds like a burial group, was gained at Folkestone Museum

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (POTTERY possible burial site, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Fragments of two large Samian vessels and smaller vessels, together with black ware were found while digging a narrow trench at the foot of Caesar's Camp, Folkestone (1,2).

Exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1851 (2).

No further information on this find, which sounds like a burial group, was gained at Folkestone Museum. (3, 4)

<1> Page, W. (ed), 1932, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume III, Jessup RF and Taylor MV, VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (Monograph). SKE7810.

<2> Wright, T, 1851, Unknown, Wright T, Proc Soc Antiquaries London 2 1851 175 (Article in serial). SKE8058.

<3> F1 CFW 21-APR-1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE42681.

<4> Wardale, C, 1964, Field report for monument TR 23 NW 8 - April, 1964 (Unpublished document). SKE5594.

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