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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 7 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman cremations |
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Summary
Several Roman cremations dating from the 1st to the 4th century were found in 1934 and 1935.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3560 5170 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, KENT |
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| DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (BURIAL, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CREMATION (CREMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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[TR 35595172, TR 35615168] Roman Cremation Burials found c AD1934 [NAT] (1) A Roman cremation was found in October 1935 in a trench for gas mains on the new housing estate at Sholden Bank, between Deal and Great Mongeham. The deposit, in a vase of late C3/early C4 was accompanied by a late C2 Samian dish (possibly an heirloom) and other pottery. In 1936, a late C2 cremation was found in a water mains trench to the SW of the first. [the OS siting symbols lie NW/SE]. In 1955/6, two C1/C2 cremations were found during development of the housing estate between St Richard's Road and St Martin's Road. (2-4) On display in the Deal Town Hall Museum is a 'grave group' including a Samian dish "from Sholden". No further information could be gained during field investigation. The Water Board, Gas Board or builders could offer no details. (5)
Additional Info(6-7)
Description from record TR 35 SW 59:
(TR 3440 5136 Sited to place name only). A Roman cremation burial from Great Mongeham. In October 1935 during the laying of gas mains prior to the development of a housing estate at Great Mongeham a Roman burial was found. A narrow trench 15 ins deep exposed a conical bowl and vase of fine grey ware 11.4 ins high and 8.9 ins diameter. The vase contained cremated bone. A small vase 7.5 ins high and 5.75 ins diameter was also found and a poorly made grey ware stump-footed and bulbous beaker 6.25 ins high of Richborough Type 96. A Samian dish, Form 31 with potter's mark JVCVNDVS F from Rheinzabern of C2 date constituted the fifth item in the burial. The coarse wares dated to the late C3 or early C4. The burial may therefore be late C3 or C4 in date incorporating a Samian dish some 100 years old at its time of deposition. There is no indication of the burial's whereabouts. (1)
Probably relates to houses at TR 3434 5152.
<1> Arch Cant 47 1935 245-6 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35223.
<2> Archaeol Cant 47 1935 245-6 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE37228.
<3> Archaeol Cant 48 1936 235 237 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE37229.
<4> Archaeol Cant 70 1956 267 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE37237.
<5> F1 FGA 20-JUL-1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE42950.
<6> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7108.
<7> OS 1:1250 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48175.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 47 1935 245-6 (WPD Stebbing). [Mapped feature: #58267 Burials, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 47 1935 245-6 (WPD Stebbing). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 48 1936 235 237 (WPD Stebbing). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 70 1956 267 (WPD Stebbing). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 20-JUL-1964. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1996. Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent. |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1957. |
