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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 232 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Roman pottery finds, Biggin Street, Dover |
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Summary
A few sherds of Roman samian ware were located beneath an alluvial layer at the site of the Old Salem Chapel during excavations undertaken by Dover Archaeological Group in 1972 (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3177 4165 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (POTTERY, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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TR 32174164. A few sherds of Samian ware were discovered on the site of the old Salem Chapel during investigation by members of the Dover Archaeological Group in 1972. The sherds were found in a green pebble/gravel layer below a layer of black alluvial mud which extended from natural brick-earth to the footings of the chapel and which extended across the whole site, the finds being at the north-east extremity. (1)
<1> Kent Archaeological Society, 1972, Archaeologia Cantiana: Investigations and excavations during the year. Vol. 87. (Article in serial). SKE31777.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Kent Archaeological Society. 1972. Archaeologia Cantiana: Investigations and excavations during the year. Vol. 87.. Vol. 87. pp. 227-242. |
