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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 21 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman Kiln (site of) |
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Summary
Site of a Roman pottery kiln with finds of kiln debris, wasters and Upchurch Ware.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8552 7105 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- KILN (KILN, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- KILN FURNITURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WASTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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There is a concentration of kiln debris, wasters and poorly fired Upchurch ware along the foreshore and underfooting of the destroyed sea wall in the area centred at TQ 8552 7106, a few sherds of poorly fired gritty ware were also found. (1) Roman pottery kiln, SW side of Sharfleet creek (2). [TQ 8556 7106] Roman Pottery Kiln (site of) [NAT] (3). Additional reference (4).
<1> F1 CFW 15.8.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42584.
<2> Pottery kilns of Ro Brit RCHME Supp Ser 5 1984 417 (VG Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE48558.
<3> OS 1:10000 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48157.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 87 SE 21 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4670.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15.8.63. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Pottery kilns of Ro Brit RCHME Supp Ser 5 1984 417 (VG Swan). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1972. |
| <4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 87 SE 21 - August, 1963. [Mapped feature: #32021 kiln, ] |
