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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NE 1001
Type of record:Monument
Name:Romano-British pottery kilns and salt winning debris

Summary

Romano-British pottery kilns and salt winning debris


Grid Reference:TQ 8658 6959
Map Sheet:TQ86NE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A number of Roman pottery kilns and salt working sites identified by aerial photography, survey and surface collection

Full description

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Substantial areas of salt winning debris forming working floors. Mid-late 1st century debris and remains of surface kilns. 4 pottery kilns to W of floors; 3 semi-sunk furnace, 1 sunk furnace, late 1st century. Substantial ditch feature to N, late 1-2nd century (1).


<1> Upchurch Archaeological Research Group, 1999, Medway Estuary, site locations and summary., Upchurch Arch Res Grp (Unpublished document). SWX9337.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Unpublished document: Upchurch Archaeological Research Group. 1999. Medway Estuary, site locations and summary.. Upchurch Arch Res Grp.