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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 35 SW 14
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman cremation burials, coins

Summary

Roman inhumation burials, coins, brooches and two finger rings were found in 1901 and 1919

Grid Reference:	TR 3446 5003
Map Sheet:	TR35SW
Parish:	RIPPLE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
INHUMATION (INHUMATION, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TR 34465003] Roman burials found [NAT] (1) Nine feet below the surface, parts of skeletons face downwards were found with a few bits of iron. The site had the appearance of an old river bed. In December 1919, five Roman coins (C1 BC. Gallic, Divus Augustus, Gallienus. Tetricus and Constans or Caesar) were found nearly together with fragments of bronze brooches and 2 finger rings of bronze dated by the B M to "just B C'. At TR 34605008, four saucer-shaped depressions, filled with calcined flint flakes and chippings, burnt wood and earth were found 2-3 ft below ground level. The date of discovery is not recorded. The finds of 1901 and 1919 are recorded as being in Canterbury Royal Museum, but they could not be traced there. Turners pits are disused and now partly overgrown or wooded and partly under small-holdings. (2)

Three large round narrow-necked urns, 5 ft to 7ft in circumference [amphora], containing calcined bones, were found at a depth of 5ft in August, 1901, in Mr. J.E. Turner's stone pits. (4)

Additional reference (5-9)

<1> OS 25" 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48274.

<2> F1 ASP 20-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42207.

<3> Rec 6" (OGS Crawford) undated (OS Card Reference). SKE49065.

<4> VCH Kent 3 1932 166 (RF Jessup and M W Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51091.

<5> Arch Cant 25 1902 lxviii-ix (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34894.

<6> Maidstone Museum Pte 6" (Anon Undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46481.

<7> Maidstone Museum Archaeological Gazetteer In progress (Avon) undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46454.

<8> Dover and its Surroundings MS 1913 8 (TW Whitley) (OS Card Reference). SKE41490.

<9> Field report for monument TR 35 SW 14 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6130.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1958.
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 20-JUL-64.
<3>	OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (OGS Crawford) undated.
<4>	OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 166 (RF Jessup and M W Taylor).
<5>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 25 1902 lxviii-ix (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #59557 burials, ]
<6>	OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Pte 6" (Anon Undated).
<7>	OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Archaeological Gazetteer In progress (Avon) undated.
<8>	OS Card Reference: Dover and its Surroundings MS 1913 8 (TW Whitley).
<9>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SW 14 - July, 1964.