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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 61 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British burial |
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Summary
A Roman burial group of c.150 AD was found in the foundations trench for a stand at Folkestone Football Ground.The group is in Folkestone Museum. No futher discoveries have been made during subsequent excavations in the same area.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2134 3662 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (BURIAL, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- DISH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- JAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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A Roman burial group of c.150 AD was found 29-OCT-1953 at TR 21343661 in the foundations trench for a stand at Folkestone Football Ground. The group which comprised a necked jar (containing the cremation), a narrow-necked vase-shaped pot in grey clay and a Samian dish of Campanulate form with up-turned rim, is in Folkestone Museum. No futher discoveries have been made during subsequent excavations in the same area. (1)
<1> F1 CFW 29-APR-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42809.
<2> Folkestone Museum 6" and file (including a report by F Jenkins, F.S.A.). (OS Card Reference). SKE43431.
<3> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 61 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5636.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29-APR-64. [Mapped feature: #45212 cremation, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Folkestone Museum 6" and file (including a report by F Jenkins, F.S.A.).. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 61 - April, 1964. |
