[TQ 72845239] Roman Sepulchral Urns found AD.1845 (NAT) (1) A cemetery was found in 1845 at Gallants Court, on the east side of Gallants Lane, 350 yards south of Gallants Farm. One deposit consisted of a black globular urn containing ashes and an ornamented white bronzed Castor vessel together with fragments of other vessels all placed in a stone cist. (2) Mainly sim. infm. Found on the west side of a large field immediately opposite a farmhouse, in trenching for lucerne. A fortnight later another deposit was found with a samian patera stamped Habicnsm and flagons and other pottery. Two coins were found, both 'obliterated' but one is of Faustina. (3) No further information was gained on these burials at Gallants Farm: the site lies in a long-established orchard. None of the finds was traced in Maidstone Museum. (4) Additional bibliography. (5-6)

<1> OS 6" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48349.

<2> VCH Kent 3 1932 154 (OS Card Reference). SKE51053.

<3> JBAA 2 1847 73ff (Beale Post) (OS Card Reference). SKE44891.

<4> F1 CFW 07.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42457.

<5> KAR 35 1974 133-35 (J Saynor) (OS Card Reference). SKE45308.

<6> Britannia 5 1974 459 (D R Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE38375.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 1 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3979.