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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1080
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Roman pottery find by Cliffe Creek, Cliffe

Summary

Roman pottery was found by workmen during mud digging operations in c.1961. Nothing further was identified at the site in a 2005 coastal survey.

Grid Reference:TQ 5718 1769
Map Sheet:TQ51NE
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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From information by Chaplin, A.P.G.M. employees, and by ground observations the following sites have been determined.
[TQ 71827685]; 'Roman pottery' found by workmen during mud digging - site inaccessible. Additional bibliographic references (1-8 and 11-12). For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (9). For details of salt-working hearths and context with regional salt-working industry, see (10). No further remains seen during the 2005 coastal survey (13)


<1> Arch Cant 76 1961 205-6 (RE Chaplin & Miss JP Coy) (OS Card Reference). SKE35599.

<2> Arch Cant 77 1962 I (50) (OS Card Reference). SKE35622.

<3> Oral: RE Chaplin asst curator Passmore - Edwards Mus Romford Rd Stratford (OS Card Reference). SKE48088.

<4> F1 FGA 16-DEC-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42927.

<5> Arch Cant 81 1966 lv (RF Hutchings) (OS Card Reference). SKE35731.

<6> F2 ASP 25-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE43168.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4235.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4236.

<9> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 32 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<10> Topping, P & Swan, V G, 1995, Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary (Article in monograph). SWX9354.

<11> Philp, B. J., 1963, Romano-British West Kent AD 43-100 (Article in serial). SWX7492.

<12> Chaplin, R. E. and Coy, J. P., 1961, Cliffe, 1961: Research and Discoveries in Kent (Article in serial). SWX7483.

<13> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 76 1961 205-6 (RE Chaplin & Miss JP Coy).
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 77 1962 I (50).
<3>OS Card Reference: Oral: RE Chaplin asst curator Passmore - Edwards Mus Romford Rd Stratford.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 16-DEC-64.
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 81 1966 lv (RF Hutchings).
<6>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 25-NOV-69.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - December, 1964.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 15 - November, 1969.
<9>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 32.
<10>Article in monograph: Topping, P & Swan, V G. 1995. Early salt-working sites in the Thames estuary. 28-40.
<11>Article in serial: Philp, B. J.. 1963. Romano-British West Kent AD 43-100. 78, pages 74-82.
<12>Article in serial: Chaplin, R. E. and Coy, J. P.. 1961. Cliffe, 1961: Research and Discoveries in Kent. 76, pages 205-6.
<13>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.