TQ 77 NE 32 - Romano British encampment, salt and pottery industries, Eastborough Farm, Cooling

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Monument record TQ 77 NE 32 - Romano British encampment, salt and pottery industries, Eastborough Farm, Cooling

Summary

Romano-British encampment, salt and pottery industries excavated by the Kent Archaeological Society between c.1969 and 1974. Finds were indicative of occupation from the Antonine period onwards.

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Grid reference	TQ 7705 7650 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ77NE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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[TQ 7705 7650] Roman encampment, salt and pottery industries. (1) Additional bibliography. (2-6)

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cooling Parish. The report states: "Human occupation in Cooling dates back to at least the Romano-British period…On the evocatively named Whalebone Marsh to north-east of the village, excavations were carried out in the 1930s, 1960s and 1970s revealing several Roman pottery kilns and a salt-production site in use from the 1st to 3rd centuries" (7)

<1> Kent Arch Res Unit Record Card M118 (OS Card Reference). SKE45733.

<2> Arch Cant 85 1970 187-158 (PP Day) (OS Card Reference). SKE35808.

<3> Arch Cant 86 1971 242-43 (PP Day) (OS Card Reference). SKE35869.

<4> Arch Cant 87 1972 240 (PP Day) (OS Card Reference). SKE35915.

<5> Arch Cant 89 1974 210 (DB Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35977.

<6> Kent Arch Rev 17 1969 16-17 (A Miles and M Syddell) (OS Card Reference). SKE45749.

<7> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.

Sources/Archives (7)

<1> SKE45733 OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Res Unit Record Card M118.
<2> SKE35808 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 85 1970 187-158 (PP Day).
<3> SKE35869 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 86 1971 242-43 (PP Day).
<4> SKE35915 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 87 1972 240 (PP Day).
<5> SKE35977 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 89 1974 210 (DB Kelly).
<6> SKE45749 OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Rev 17 1969 16-17 (A Miles and M Syddell).
<7>XY SKE31592 Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014.. [Mapped feature: #25048 Roman site, ]

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Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 2014-51 (Ref: Research Report Series 51-2014) (EKE15027)

Record last edited

Aug 11 2021 1:57PM