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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NW 243 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman timber buildings and an ore roasting hearth, Ulcombe |
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Summary
Three Roman timber buildings and an ore roasting hearth.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8410 4718 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NW |
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| Parish: | ULCOMBE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (Roman - 75 AD to 275 AD)
- ROASTING HEARTH (Roman - 75 AD to 275 AD)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LATCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SLAG (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- SPEARHEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Excavation by Smarden Local History Society found 3 Roman timber buildings, dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. The site was initially investigated due to a surface scatter of iron slag over a wide tract of land. The excavation revealed a large amount of slag though only one possible Roman ore-roasting hearth. This was 1.5m in diamter with traces of ironstone and charcoal within it. The largest building measured 9m x 4m. A number of iron objects were found within it. [No mention of the other buildings in article.] (1)
<1> Neil Aldridge, 2009, Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group (Unpublished document). SKE16635.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Neil Aldridge. 2009. Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. |
