TQ 77 SW 4 - Roman kiln site - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TQ 77 SW 4 - Roman kiln site

Summary

A Roman pottery kiln and pottery working site later reused as a cremation cemetery discovered in 1848. Excavations uncovered the site in a field 200 yards of Higham Church. A variety of Roman pottery including large sepulchral urns containing burnt bones, domestic utensils, fragments of Samian, a portion of a quern, pieces of corroded iron and masses of a metallic substance mixed with clay, which was probably refuse from a potter's kiln, was found. The excavations exposed vast quantities of similar deposits covering at least four acres.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7156 7409 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ77SW
County	KENT
District	GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish	HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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<1> JBAA 4 1849 393-4 (AH Burkitt) (OS Card Reference). SKE44961.

<2> Arch Cant XI 1877 114-5 (C Roach Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE36445.

<3> VCH Kent III 1932 156 (OS Card Reference). SKE51184.

<4> Arch Gaz of Kent MS in progress Maidstone Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE36507.

<5> F1 EG 02-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42861.

<6> Arch Cant 78 1963 76 (BJ Philp) (OS Card Reference). SKE35643.

<7> F2 FGA 26-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43333.

<8> The Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit 1984 401 (VG Swan) (OS Card Reference). SKE50474.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 4 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4278.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 4 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4279.

<11> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10998.

<12> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10997.

<13> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10996.

<14> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10995.

<15> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10994.

<16> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10993.

<17> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10999.

Sources/Archives (17)

<1> SKE44961 OS Card Reference: JBAA 4 1849 393-4 (AH Burkitt).
<2> SKE36445 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant XI 1877 114-5 (C Roach Smith).
<3> SKE51184 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent III 1932 156.
<4> SKE36507 OS Card Reference: Arch Gaz of Kent MS in progress Maidstone Mus.
<5> SKE42861 OS Card Reference: F1 EG 02-JUL-59.
<6> SKE35643 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 78 1963 76 (BJ Philp).
<7> SKE43333 OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 26-OCT-64.
<8> SKE50474 OS Card Reference: The Pottery Kilns of Ro Brit 1984 401 (VG Swan).
<9> SKE4278 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 4 - July, 1959.
<10> SKE4279 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 4 - October, 1964.
<11> SWX10998 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7174/6. print.
<12> SWX10997 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7174/5. print.
<13> SWX10996 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7174/4. print.
<14> SWX10995 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7174/3. print.
<15> SWX10994 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7174/2. print.
<16> SWX10993 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7174/1. print.
<17> SWX10999 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7174/7. print.

Finds (1)

QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: Roman pottery works around Higham (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 10)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Intrusive Event: STYLES FIELDS(CHURCH ST FARM) (Ref: EI 15572) (EKE4775)
Intrusive Event: STYLES FIELDS(CHURCH ST FARM) (Ref: EI 15573) (EKE4369)

Record last edited

Jun 16 2021 1:24PM