TQ 75 NW 13 - Belgic cremations, Roman pottery, and 1st century fibula found near the Old Hermitage

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Monument record TQ 75 NW 13 - Belgic cremations, Roman pottery, and 1st century fibula found near the Old Hermitage

Summary

A late Celtic interment was found in 1923 near the site of St. Lawrences Chapel, or Old Hermitage. Finds included pedestal cinerary urns of Aylesford type, a patera of Belgic ware, and a bronze bow-shaped fibula. A piece of a samian bowl was also found in 1923 close to the site of the chapel. The finds were made in a sandpit which has not been worked for many years and is completely overgrown.

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Grid reference	TQ 7317 5616 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ75NW
County	KENT
District	MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CREMATION (CREMATION, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full Description

[TQ 73185617] Late Celtic Urns 1923. (1) Late Celtic interment found in 1923. Pedestal cinerary urns of Aylesford type. Patera of Belgic ware. Bronze bow-shaped fibula now in Maidstone Mus. [TQ 73185617] (2) In 1923, a piece of a samian bowl (form 37) prob. Antonine, was found close to the site of the chapel. (3) The finds were made in a sandpit which has not been worked for many years and is completely overgrown. In store in Maidstone Museum are the patera, fibula and piece of samian bowl from this site. (No accession numbers). A pedestal urn of Aylesford type supposed to be in the museum (c) could not be located. (4) Additional bibliography. (5-8)

<1> Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49046.

<2> Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46291.

<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 144 (OS Card Reference). SKE51020.

<4> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46417.

<5> Inf: D B Kelly Asst Curator Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44410.

<7> F1 ASP 02.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41882.

<8> BAR 90 Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster) (OS Card Reference). SKE37581.

<9> Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology (ed Sieveking Longworth Wilson) 1976 412-413 illus (I St (OS Card Reference). SKE48666.

<10> Rept Res Comm Soc Antiq of London 5 Excavation of the late-Celtic Urn-field at Swarling Kent 1925 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE49172.

<11> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 13 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3865.

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SKE49046 OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated).
<2> SKE46291 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch 6" (Anon undated).
<3> SKE51020 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 144.
<4> SKE46417 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer (in progress) Anon undated.
<5> SKE44410 OS Card Reference: Inf: D B Kelly Asst Curator Maidstone Museum.
<7> SKE41882 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02.03.64.
<8>XY SKE37581 OS Card Reference: BAR 90 Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster). [Mapped feature: #19685 burials, ]
<9> SKE48666 OS Card Reference: Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology (ed Sieveking Longworth Wilson) 1976 412-413 illus (I St.
<10> SKE49172 OS Card Reference: Rept Res Comm Soc Antiq of London 5 Excavation of the late-Celtic Urn-field at Swarling Kent 1925 2.
<11> SKE3865 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 13 - March, 1964.

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2021 11:32AM