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Monument details

Summary

In 1910, when a bore hole was sunk for a soil analysis, the fragments of a 1st century BC or AD cooking pot or store jar were found at a depth of 3ft - 4ft 6in in association with burnt earth and charcoal, beneath was found the skeleton of a horse or ox. The potsherds are now in Maidstone Museum.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• SITE (Burial or cooking site?, Late Iron Age to Roman - 99 BC? to 99 AD?)

Associated Finds

• VESSEL (Late Iron Age to Roman - 99 BC? to 99 AD?)

Full description

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TR 08152762: In 1910, when a bore hole was sunk for a soil analysis, the fragments of a C1st BC or AD cooking pot or store jar were found at a depth of 3ft - 4ft 6in in association with burnt earth and charcoal, beneath was found the skeleton of a horse or ox. The potsherds are now in Maidstone Museum. (1) In 1910 a borehole produced pottery and animal bone. This was of late-Iron Age date perhaps dating from 1st century BC or C1st AD. More material was collected in the same general area some years later. (2) Additional bibliography (3-5)

Eddison, J., 1992, A Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed By-Passes for St. Mary's Bay & Dymchurch, J Eddison 1992 Arch Implications of A259 Dymchurch By Pass (RMRT) (Unpublished document). SKe6774.

<1> F1 CFW 24-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42750.

<2> R D Green Soil Survey Officer Wye 6" plan records letters (OS Card Reference). SKE48909.

<3> Brian Philp, 1982, Romney Marsh and the Roman Fort at Lympne, Philp 1982 KAR 68 p185 (Article in serial). SKE7806.

<4> Field report for monument TR 02 NE 9 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5040.

<5> Eddison, J., 1992, A Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed By-Passes for St. Mary's Bay & Dymchurch, J Eddison 1992 Arch Implications of A259 Dymchurch By Pass (RMRT) (Unpublished document). SKE6774.

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