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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 57 NW 7
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman cremations, near Joyce Green

Summary

Several Roman urn burials, "consisting of small groups of urns here and there", were found in the late 19th century when gravel pits were first opened at Joyce Green on the eastern side of Dartford Creek near the road from Dartford to the marshes

Grid Reference:	TQ 543 760
Map Sheet:	TQ57NW
Parish:	DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

CREMATION CEMETERY (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

CINERARY URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[ Area TQ 543760 ] Several Roman urn burials, "consisting of small groups of urns here and there", were found when gravel pits were first opened at Joyce Green on the eastern side of Dartford Creek near the road from Dartford to the marshes (1). No further information obtained (2). Additional references (3). The monument point lies in a heavily overgrown area, it was not possible to see anything to indicate the survival of any remains here (4)

<1> Arch.Cant.22, 1897, liii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE37192.

<2> F1 FGA 16-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42930.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 57 NW 7 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3025.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Arch.Cant.22, 1897, liii (G Payne).
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 16-SEP-64.
<3>XY	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 NW 7 - September, 1964. [Mapped feature: #61833 cremations, ]
<4>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.