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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1004 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Romano-British finds, the Black Shore, north of Cliffe Creek |
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Summary
Various Romano-British finds and features exposed by erosion. Nothing further identified during a 2005 coastal survey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7080 7710 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- FLOOR (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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Erosion has exposed Romano-British pottery. In the 1960s (1966?) recording was carried out of features on the foreshore. A mound and a post hole, a boat, parts of a possible fish trap, a reed floor with briquetage, a chalk and gravel floor (with 1st to 3rd century sherds, glass and roof tiles) associated with post holes 4 to 5 feet part were all reported. (1) No further remains visible at this point during the 2005 coastal survey, though Roman period pottery was found nearby (2)
<1> Archaeologia Cantiana, 1966, I, Reports on excavations, II, Reports from local secretaries and groups., p.lv (Article in serial). SWX7497.
<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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> | Article in serial: Archaeologia Cantiana. 1966. I, Reports on excavations, II, Reports from local secretaries and groups.. 81, pages xlvii-lxvi; 235-51. p.lv. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
