TQ 65 NW 23 - Possible site of Roman cemetery

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Monument record TQ 65 NW 23 - Possible site of Roman cemetery

Summary

A large collection of Roman pottery said to have come from a cemetery was found in Pascall's Brick Fields in 1931. Some of the pottery is in Maidstone Museum.

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Grid reference	TQ 6213 5777 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ65NW
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	PLATT, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CEMETERY? (CEMETERY, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full Description

[Marginal] Platt - A great amount of Roman pottery, presumably from a cemetery, has been unearthed in Pascall's Brick Fields during 1931. (1) Area TQ 62145777. Sited to Pascall's Brick and Tile pits, north-east of Borough Green, as shewn on O.S.6" of 1936. (2) Pascalls Brick works has been derelict many years and its pits now house an engineering works. There is a quantity of miscellaneous Ro. coarse pottery sherds in Maidstone Museum "from Platt brickfield" but nothing more about the site is known.(3)

<1> Rochester Naturalist 6 1932 148 (NC Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE49306.

<2> F1 ASP 25-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42284.

<3> F2 CFW 26-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43281.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 23 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3359.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 23 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3360.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE49306 OS Card Reference: Rochester Naturalist 6 1932 148 (NC Cook).
<2> SKE42284 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25-JUN-59.
<3> SKE43281 OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 26-FEB-64.
<4>XY SKE3359 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 23 - June, 1959. [Mapped feature: #12734 find, ]
<5> SKE3360 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 23 - February, 1964.