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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 19 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Roman lead counters, Quex Park, Birchington |
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Summary
A number of Lead counters or coins, tentatively dated to the Roman period were previously found at Quex Park in the late 19th century. The finds were loaned by Horace Cotton to a temporary museum viewed by Kent Archaeological Society members in 1877. It is now uncertain where these finds are presently located.
| Grid Reference: | TR 31 68 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD (at some time) to 409 AD (at some time))
Associated Finds
- GAMING PIECE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Quex - Much Roman pottery, and a large number of leaden counters or coins, supposed to be Roman, found at Quex were loaned by Horace Cotton to a temporary museum viewed by Kent Archaeological Society members in 1877. (1,2) These counters are not held at the Quex Park Museum and no further information about them was gained. (3)
<1> Arch Cant vol 12 1878 xl (OS Card Reference). SKE36372.
<2> VCH 3 19232 164 (M V Taylor, R F Jessup & C F C Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE50806.
<3> F1 CFW 01.10.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42372.
<4> Field report for monument TR 36 NW 19 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6224.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 12 1878 xl. [Mapped feature: #63170 find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH 3 19232 164 (M V Taylor, R F Jessup & C F C Hawkes). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 01.10.63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 NW 19 - October, 1963. |
