(TQ 99134474) Roman Burials March 1929 (1)

A Roman burial was discovered in the spring of 1929 in widening the south side of the Ashford-Maidstone-London road at Potter's Corner; the furniture included a whitish urn, 15-18 inches high, a small urn, an inkpot and a cup of Samian ware and eighteen gold coins or discs. (2)

A burial group found at Potters Corner, almost certainly represents anuntouched cremated deposit, but it is suggested that it formed part ofa quantity of old pots etc. which were tipped down the bank near whereit was found, from an adjacent house called 'Woodside'. But the pots were found unbroken, and against a patera which had tilted was found a heap of burnt bones. The terra sigillata found in the deposit consisted of a Dragendorff 33 and an 'inkpot' c.150 AD or earlier. (3)

The siting by authority 1 is now covered by a widening and straightening of the main Maidstone-Ashford road. (4)

Additional Info (5-8)

<1> Maidstone Museum Arch 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46398.

<2> JRS Vol 19 1929 210 (M V Taylor & R G Collingwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE45141.

<3> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46299.

<4> Kentish Express 9 Mar 1929 10 col 5 (illus) (OS Card Reference). SKE45968.

<5> F1 ASP 14.11.61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42092.

<6> F2 ASP 19.12.61 (OS Card Reference). SKE43135.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 8 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4780.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 8 - December, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4781.