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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NE 227
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman burials

Summary

Roman 'interments' with a terracotta lamp and part of a glass vessel were found during building operations at Hougham between 1915 and 1919.


Grid Reference:TR 279 399
Map Sheet:TR23NE
Parish:HOUGHAM WITHOUT, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (BURIAL, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Roman "interments", with a terracotta lamp and part of a glass vessel, were found between 1915 and 1919 during building operations at Hougham. (1) No further information regarding these burials could be obtained locally or at Dover Museum. (2) Additional bibliography. (3-4)


Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6815.

<1> Archaeol Cant 34 1920 156 (TW Whitley) (OS Card Reference). SKE37223.

<2> F1 AC 28-MAY-1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE41845.

<3> VCH Kent vol 3 1932 157 (RF Jessup CFC Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE51217.

<4> Field report for monument TR 24 SE 18 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5697.

<4> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 34 1920 156 (TW Whitley). [Mapped feature: #47374 burials, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 AC 28-MAY-1964.
<3>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 3 1932 157 (RF Jessup CFC Hawkes).
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 24 SE 18 - May, 1964.
<4>Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.