[TQ 74535721 and TQ 74605733] Iron Age cinerary urns found A.D. 1860 [NAT] (1) Iron Age "C" cinerary urns found in what was formerly known as Tassell's Quarry in 1860. Now in Maidstone Museum. (2) A collection of pottery from Allington, in Maidstone Museum comprises: seven beadrim bowls, three of which were used as cinerary urns; a degenerate pear-shaped pedestal urn [context infers several], a cordoned cup of Mont Bevray type, a large open dish, two or three fibulae of the first half of the 1st c. A.D. A well attested burial group from this site consists of a cordoned urn, a plate with imitation stamp - a local copy of a Belgic type, and a fibula [illust. of a bow-shaped fibula] This group is not likely to be earlier than the second quarter of the 1st c. A.D. and the whole of the finds appear to be later than the beginning of the Christian era. (3-4) The Authority 1 sitings fall within long-disused gravel-workings formerly known as Tassel's Quarries. On display in Maidstone Museum are 15 pieces of 1st c. A.D. Belgic and imported ware and in store are 10 or 12 further pieces also part of a ? RB sickle. All are labelled as having come from Tassel's Quarries, and include the pieces listed by Authority 2. Also in store "from Allington," is a La Tene III bronze fibula "found 1860" probably from this site. (No accession numbers). (5) Additional bibliography. (6-10)

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Pte 6" (Kent Arch Soc & LRA Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE48859.

<3> J H Elgar (OS Card Reference). SKE44804.

<4> Rep Res Comm S A 5 1925 "Swarling Urnfield" 19 illus (J P Bushe-Fox) (OS Card Reference). SKE49164.

<5> Arch of Kent 1930 139 251 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36881.

<7> Maidstone Museum Pte 6" (L R A Grove undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46487.

<8> Inf D B Kelly Asst Curater Maidstone Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE44306.

<9> F1 ASP 26.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42295.

<10> BAR 90 Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 pt1 151 pt2 383 (R Whimster) (OS Card Reference). SKE37584.

<11> Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology (Sieveking Longworth Wilson) 1976 412 (I Stead) (OS Card Reference). SKE48668.

<12> Arch Cant 86 1971 73 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35875.

<13> Arch Cant 94 1978 127-138 illus (I Thompson) (OS Card Reference). SKE36173.

<14> PPS 20 1954 22 (C A Ralegh Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48580.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 17 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3869.