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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 5
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Roman Upchurch Urns, Folkestone

Summary

Two small Upchurch urns with iron nails were found near the Canterbury Road and the railway viaduct at Folkestone. Many potsherds and tile wasters, found nearby, are thought to indicate a brickyard, but they may be connected with the Roman building in Folly Fields [see TR 23 NW 6].

Grid Reference:TR 227 364
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Two small Upchurch urns with iron nails were found near the Canterbury Road and the railway viaduct at Folkestone. Many potsherds and tile wasters, found nearby, are thought to indicate a brickyard, but they may be connected with the Roman building in Folly Fields [see TR 23 NW 6]. (1)

No further information was gained on these finds. The general area indicated (centred TR 227364) has been completely developed many years. (2)

A note from Thomas Wright was communicated to a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries on 4th December 1851. It said that various fragments of Roman pottery had been found in Folkestone, much of which represented the waste products from tile manufacture. It was suggested that a Roman brick-kiln may have existed in the area of the greatest concentration of these finds. (3)

Mentioned in report (5).


<1> VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51054.

<1> Page, W. (ed), 1932, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume III, VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor) (Monograph). SKE7810.

<2> F1 CFW 29.04.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42804.

<3> 1851, Unknown, PSA 2 1st Series 1851 189 (Article in serial). SKE8043.

<4> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 5 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5591.

<5> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor).
<1>Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1932. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume III. VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29.04.64.
<3>Article in serial: 1851. Unknown. 2 1st Series page 189. PSA 2 1st Series 1851 189.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 5 - April, 1964.
<5>XYUnpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement. [Mapped feature: #44630 Find, ]