Monument record TQ 67 SW 17 - Romano-British tile cist

[TQ 64477119] TILE CIST [G.S.] (Site of). (1) [TQ 64417123] (2) A circular cist of Roman tile; at first thought to have been a potter's oven; 3 1/2 ft. in diameter and 1 ft. 9in. high, was found 1921-2, during road widening operations, on Watling Street; 200 yds. east of Northumberland Bottom, Northfleet, [TQ 642713] on the north side of the new road. No funerary remains were found but two holes in the wall, both made from the outside, suggest that it was robbed. [See AD/59/83/1.] (3-5) The house appearing in the photo (Authority 3: AO:59:83:1) can be identified as that at TQ 64487122: O.S. siting accepted. There is no trace of the cist. (6)

<1> O.S. 6" 1938. (OS Card Reference). SKE47825.

<2> Corr. 6" (R. F. Jessup, undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE39299.

<3> Arch. Cant. 40, 1928, 29-30. (illust.) (R.F. Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE37003.

<4> J.R.S., 18, 1938, 209 (OS Card Reference). SKE44847.

<5> V.C.H. Kent 3, 1932, 90 162. (R. F. JESSUP AND M.V. Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE50748.

<6> F1 ASP 14-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42109.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 17 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3646.