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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 22 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British mound, Cliffe Marshes, Cliffe |
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Summary
Romano-British mound, containing pottery sherds and settlement debris. The assemblage dated from the late 1st century the early 3rd century. Further information anticipated from excavation reports.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7319 7795 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOUND (Roman - 43 AD to 299 AD?)
Associated Finds
- BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Excavation of two mounds produced evidence for Romano-British settlement, salt working and Medieval settlement. |
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Full description
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Possible Romano-British mounds centred TQ 73207795, measuring 65.om. by 50.om., and 1.5m. high, and enclosing an embanked hollow in the S. side, was found to contain several feet thickness of settlement debris, dating from late 1st.c. to possible early .3rd c. with a Medieval overlay. (1)
These mounds are in the course of being excavated by Mr. Hutchings. Additional index entries and references from relevant site reports (2-6). Site photographs (7-10).
The features were mapped as part of the Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project (11)
<1> Oral - R.F.Hutchings,Schoolmaster, Courtsole Farm, Cliffe. (OS Card Reference). SKE47896.
<2> Oral: R.F. Hutchings. (OS Card Reference). SKE48087.
<3> F1 ASP 15-AUG-66 (OS Card Reference). SKE42116.
<4> JRS 56 1966 217 (OS Card Reference). SKE45129.
<5> The Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit 1984 395 (VG Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE50472.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 22 - August, 1966 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4243.
<7> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11040.
<8> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11039.
<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9634.
<10> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9633.
<11> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.
<12> 1967, Archaeologia Cantiana vol. 81, pp LV (Article in serial). SKE53787.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Oral - R.F.Hutchings,Schoolmaster, Courtsole Farm, Cliffe.. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Oral: R.F. Hutchings.. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 15-AUG-66. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: JRS 56 1966 217. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: The Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit 1984 395 (VG Swan). |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 22 - August, 1966. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7278/24. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7278/23. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1073. print. |
| <10> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1070. print. |
| <11> | Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula. |
| <12> | Article in serial: 1967. Archaeologia Cantiana vol. 81, pp LV. vol. 81, pp LV. |
