TQ 8822 6822 : Briquettage from (? kiln) planned by A. Miles, January, 1963. Example in Maidstone Museum. (1) A rescue excavation conducted in 1963 near Funton Creek by the Lower Medway Research Group revealed evidence of industrial activity in the 2nd. c A.D. The precise nature of the site has yet to be ascertained. (2) The site of this excavation, centred at TQ 8821 6823, is clearly visible in the sea-eroded cliff of Funton Creek. No structures are visible but there is a strong concentration of briquettage along the foreshore, and some 1st.c/2nd.c sherds were found. Additional references (3-5) and for other sites in the context of the inter-tidal zone, see (6)..

<1> Maidstone Museum 6" - L.R.A. Grove, undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46356.

<2> Arch Cant 78 1963 lv (OS Card Reference). SKE35652.

<3> F1 CFW 15-DEC-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42586.

<4> Arch Cant 101 1984 165-8 plan map photo (A Detsicas) (OS Card Reference). SKE34555.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 33 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4552.

<6> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 29 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.