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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 SE 64
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Roman finds

Summary

Roman finds from Deal Gas Works

Grid Reference:TR 374 534
Map Sheet:TR35SE
Parish:DEAL, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (TILE, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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Before 1921 Samian, a quernstone and Roman tile were found in a sandpit near Deal Gas Works (a). Excavations on the Gas Works site itself, TR 374534, in 1895, revealed that the blown sand here was ten feet thick, over subsoil of four feet of peat, with bog oak (2). (1,2)

Additional Info(4).


<1> The Story of Dola: Romantic Hist of Early Britain 1921 133 (H S Chapman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50520.

<2> Parfitt, K., 1982, Roman Finds from the Sandhills, North of Deal, KAR 70 1982 225 (K Parfitt) (Article in serial). SKE8141.

<3> Arch Cant 24 1900 108-9 (G Dowker) (OS Card Reference). SKE34864.

<4> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7108.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: The Story of Dola: Romantic Hist of Early Britain 1921 133 (H S Chapman).
<2>Article in serial: Parfitt, K.. 1982. Roman Finds from the Sandhills, North of Deal. 70 Pages 225 - 227. KAR 70 1982 225 (K Parfitt).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 24 1900 108-9 (G Dowker). [Mapped feature: #58872 find, ]
<4>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1996. Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent.