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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 68 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Area of possible Roman activity, Craylands Lane Pit, Swanscombe |
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Summary
Excavations undertaken early in the 20th century by B.O. Wymer revealed animal and human remains alongside pottery dating to the 2nd - 3rd century within a pit. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 598 747 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 100 AD to 299 AD)
Full description
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A quantity of human and animal bones and 2nd/3rd c Roman pottery was excavated by B.O.Wymer from a cavity 30ft. deep in the sides of New Craylands Lane pit, Swanscombe, and presented to the museum 19.9.1958. The finds could not be traced at Dartford Museum. They may be in store among objects of unknown provenance. New Craylands Lane Pit, also known as Barnfield Pit, is centred at TQ 598747. (1-4)
<1> Dartford Museum (Donations File) (OS Card Reference). SKE39661.
<2> Arch. Cant. 72, 1958, lxii (OS Card Reference). SKE37038.
<3> F1 ASP 02-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41899.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 68 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3105.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Dartford Museum (Donations File). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 72, 1958, lxii. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-OCT-64. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 68 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #70007 find, ] |
