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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NW 11 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British cremation |
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Summary
A Roman cremation was found in 1793 near Wickhambreaux Church.
| Grid Reference: | TR 22 58 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NW |
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| Parish: | WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CREMATION (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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A Roman urn, inscribed in two places, was found in 1793 near Wickhambreaux Church. It contained two smaller urns and calcined bones. [The illustration appears to show makers stamps, rather than graffiti - also, see RIB II 6 2494.184] (1)(2) No further information has been gained during fieldwork concerning this find. (3)
<1> Gents Mag June 1794 501 (illus)(Z Cosens) (OS Card Reference). SKE43592.
<2> VCH Kent 1932 174 (RF Jessup MV Taylor and CFC Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE50933.
<3> F1 ASP 06.JUL.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41955.
<4> Field report for monument TR 25 NW 11 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5733.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Gents Mag June 1794 501 (illus)(Z Cosens). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1932 174 (RF Jessup MV Taylor and CFC Hawkes). |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 06.JUL.64. [Mapped feature: #47774 burial, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 NW 11 - July, 1964. |
