Monument record TQ 86 NE 31 - Shell midden from Post medieval oystery
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8805 6967 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ86NE |
County | KENT |
District | SWALE, KENT |
Civil Parish | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
R. B. Site. Building layers oyster shell, burnt layers etc., Samian, pottery traces. Causeway. Material visible in disintegrating bank. Under high water mark. Visible at low tide. Mrs. Gordon, Falkners Road, Hadlow. (391). [TQ88066967] (1) No evidence of Roman material was seen in the area indicated. The 'building layers' comprise modern brick and roof slates from the adjacent building, now ruined. The oyster shells, which are stratified above the building debris, are clearly from an oystery which formerly existed here (2). Additional reference (3).
<1> Maidstone Mus 6" (D Kelly Asst Cur Undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46273.
<2> F1 AC 16-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41811.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 31 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4550.
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
Sep 16 2021 12:08PM