[TQ 74317729 Roman cremation group. 1st cent. beaker-like pot; tall, red storage jar (containing cremated bones) and bottle. Will be reported in Arch. Cant. Site visited July 1951(1). Late in 1950 Mr. J.T. Dockwray found a quantity of Roman pottery on Mr. L.C. Batchelor's Wharf Farm, Cliffe-at-Hoo. The site was in the marsh about 1/3 mile NNE of the farm and the vessels were found c.4' below the surface at the side of a marsh ditch. The pottery is at present in the possession of the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments and Mr. W.G. Teagle has supplied the following description. 'Two of the pots are 1st cent., one a small beaker-like pot, the other a tall red storage jar with a narrow base, containing cremated bones. The other pot is apparently a late Roman type; it is a bottle with a globular body and a small handle at the neck, with traces of an iron stopper. The ware is red, but is covered with a whitish slip' (2). The site lies within a pasture field, at the present time waterlogged,with the ditches flooded. Mr. Batchelor stated that he later found further specimens protruding from the side of the ditch. He collected about a dozen which he kept for several years, but then disposed of them. He said they were of red clay (3). Perambulation of the area produced no further finds (4). The site of this find was indicated on the ground by Mr. Batchelor and confirmed by Mr. Dockway at TQ 74337700 (5). Additional references from index entries and field reports (6-9).

<1> Rec 6" (JH Evans undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49040.

<2> Arch Cant 64 1951 156 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE35375.

<3> F1 ASP 23-JAN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42244.

<4> F2 EG 25-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43309.

<5> MR LC Batchelor Wharf Farm (OS Card Reference). SKE47400.

<6> Mr JT Dockwray 2 Mistin Cottages Wharf Lane Cliffe (OS Card Reference). SKE47393.

<7> F3 FGA 10-NOV-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43394.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 4 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4214.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 4 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4215.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 4 - November, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4216.

<11> Philp, B. J., 1963, Romano-British West Kent AD 43-100 (Article in serial). SWX7492.

<12> Anon, 1951, Reasearches and Discoveries in Kent, 1950 (Article in serial). SWX7847.