[Name centred TQ 63855036] Romano-British burials found AD 1895. (1) Two urns containing charcoal and burnt bones discovered in the Hadlow Cemetery. Reported by F W E Shrivell. August 1896. (2,3) The upper stone of a circular quern, of pudding-stone, recently found at the Hadlow cemetery site, has been presented to Maidstone Museum, (Acc No 2/1957) by W/Cdr. W.V. Dumbreck. (4) Roman tile, 1953; pudding-stone quern, Oct 1956. (5) The pits found in 1953 were discovered whilst trenching for drains. They were on gravel, c. 18" - 24" deep and about 12" across. Nothing was found in them. They had a burnt appearance and possibly represented cremation burials. (6) Mr L R A Grove, Curator, states that both tile and quern are in the museum, but he has no knowledge of the earlier finds. The discrepance of dates in authorities 1, 2 and 3 could not be resolved. (7) The following finds sited on 1:2500 trace: (a) [TQ 63875039] Pits (b) [TQ 64015034] Quern (pudding-stone) (c) [TQ 63895028] Tile, 1953. (8) Checked and correct: there have been no subsequent finds. (9)

<1> OS 6" 1936-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE48344.

<2> Arch Cant 22 1897 lvii (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34850.

<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 156 (M V Taylor, R F Jessup & C F C Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE51060.

<4> Arch Cant 71 1957 225 (OS Card Reference). SKE35489.

<5> Museum 6" Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE47497.

<6> Oral: W V Dumbreck, Hadlow (OS Card Reference). SKE48092.

<7> F1 CFW 13.01.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42554.

<8> F2 EGG 14.05.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43312.

<9> Letter & tracing from W/Cdr W V Dumbreck dated 25 7 59 (A0/Fd/INV/SWR/1959) (OS Card Reference). SKE46016.

<10> F3 AC 03 8 5908 59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43363.

<11> F4 CFW 18.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43405.

<12> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 26 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3478.

<13> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 26 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3479.

<14> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 26 - August, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3480.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 65 SW 26 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3481.