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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 1007 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 1st century ditches and salt winning remains |
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Summary
Early 1st century ditched features and other remains
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8608 7166 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SALT WORKS (Early 1st - early 2nd century, Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 150 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 150 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 150 AD)
- VESSEL (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 150 AD)
Full description
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Double ditch feature with salt winning debris; remains of 2 salt winning hearths; part of circular ditch; large ditch or creek with extensive salt winning debris, pottery and bone. Early 1st century. Plus remains of early 2nd century pit to N. (1) Briquetage found at this site (2).
<1> Upchurch Archaeological Research Group, 1999, Medway Estuary, site locations and summary., Upchurch Arch Res Grp (Unpublished document). SWX9337.
<2> Jackson, I., 1975, A preliminary note on briquetage from the Upchurch Marshes (Article in serial). SWX7681.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Upchurch Archaeological Research Group. 1999. Medway Estuary, site locations and summary.. Upchurch Arch Res Grp. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Jackson, I.. 1975. A preliminary note on briquetage from the Upchurch Marshes. 40, pages 295-8. |
