Monument record TQ 56 NE 2 - Iron Age/Roman occupation site, Roman sherds and fibula
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5613 6996 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ56NE |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SUTTON-AT-HONE AND HAWLEY, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
[TQ 56146996] Iron Age 'A' Occupation sealed by 1st century A.D. Romano-British occupation. Unpublished. (1) A concentrated Iron Age 'A' occupation covered by a thick Romano-British level of the first century A.D. The abundant sherds together with the fibula are Romano-British including a quantity of Belgic type, and do not extend beyond the end of the 1st century A.D. They are thickly spread over an area in a zone of black earth averaging 6 inches deep, the top of which lies 10 inches below surface. Exactly sited 800 yards SSW of R. Villa at Long Oo 14' 43" Lat. 51o 24' 23". (2) The above given siting falls within an area dug for gravel and long since worked out. The owners of the land the Ham River Aggregates Co. Ltd could offer no information about the find. (3)
<1> Lt. Col. G.W. Meates, FSA 1951 Corr. 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE46211.
<2> Arch. Cant. Vol. 63, p.144 (G.W. Meates) (OS Card Reference). SKE37095.
<3> F1 ASP 22-JUL-60 (OS Card Reference). SKE42234.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 2 - July, 1960 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2863.
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Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 12 2021 1:48PM