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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 8
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British burial ground, Rumfields, St. Peters

Summary

A Romano-British burial ground at Rumfields, St. Peter's indicated by the discovery of a number of burial urns and associated artefacts. Roman cinerary urns, pottery, bronze brooches and bronze necklets were found here in AD 1909. The discovery of skeletons has also been reported at the site, and the associated assemblages indicated a Celtic influence. The artefacts have been dated to the 1st to 2nd centuries. Some of the pottery is on display in Broadstairs Public Library; the present whereabouts of the jewellery is not known.


Grid Reference:TR 3777 6776
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD? (at some time) to 200 AD? (at some time))
  • INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD? (at some time) to 200 AD? (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • CINERARY URN (Roman - 43 AD? to 200 AD?)
  • NECKLACE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Full description

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[TR 37776776] ROMANO-BRITISH BURIAL GROUND [R] Roman Cinerary Urns, Pottery and Bronze Broches found AD 1909. (1,2)

At Rumfields, St Peter's c. 1900-09 pottery, mostly C1st and C2nd AD, was found during brickearth operations. Some was associated with burials. Two 1st c. bronze brooches, two small bronze necklets, and a necklet of bronze wire, were also found. (3)

Sited at TR 37776776. (4)

On exhibition in Broadstairs Public Library, property of Broadstairs Historical Society, is some C2nd pottery from this site, comprising a flagon of buff ware and a pot, beaker and dish of grey ware; the present whereabouts of the jewellery is not known. The brickfield is now disused and mostly laid down as a playing field. (5)

St Peter's. Skeletons with pottery showing strong late Celtic influence, but of the C1st and C2nd AD, and Samian ware, with two C1st brooches, were found in brickfields at Rumfields between 1898 and 1908. (6)

TR 378678 (sited to nearest 50m) Romano British burials. Site no 123. (7)

Field report [8].

Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. Desk based assessment [9].


<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.

<2> OS 1/1250 1955 (OS Card Reference). SKE48114.

<3> Arch. 61, 1909, 437-8 (illust.) (H. Hart) (OS Card Reference). SKE36952.

<4> Some notes on recent arch. discoveries at Broadstairs (1913), plan (H. Hurd) (OS Card Reference). SKE49508.

<5> F1 CFW 03-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42407.

<6> V.C.H. Kent 3, 167 (OS Card Reference). SKE50733.

<7> Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 9 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49914.

<8> Field report for monument TR 36 NE 8 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6151.

<9> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1995, Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study (Unpublished document). SWX7097.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1/1250 1955.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch. 61, 1909, 437-8 (illust.) (H. Hart). [Mapped feature: #61241 burials, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: Some notes on recent arch. discoveries at Broadstairs (1913), plan (H. Hurd).
<5>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 03-OCT-63.
<6>OS Card Reference: V.C.H. Kent 3, 167.
<7>OS Card Reference: Thanet. The Arch. Heritage c.1982, 9 (Thanet Dist. Council & Isle of Thanet Arch. Unit).
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NE 8 - October, 1963.
<9>Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1995. Thanet Reach Business Park Development: Archaeological Implications. A Desk Based Study.