On exhibition in Herne Bay Museum is a fragment of a 2nd century A.D. inscribed slab, part of a tombstone or memorial tablet, found between 1880 and 1890 in the debris of the Archbishops Palace at Ford (a) [TR 26 NW 8, TR 20626573 `A']. Mr. H.E. Gough suggests that it may have come with building material for the palace either from Reculver or Canterbury. Excavations for a modern oasthouse at TR 20646571 `B' on the site of the palace, uncovered a number of Roman coins which were subsequently dispersed among school children and lost. No details are known about them (c). At the same time, foundations of alleged Roman buildings were found (b), but as much Roman building material is used in the construction of the palace, as is evident from the existing fragments of walling, it is possible that palace foundations were misidentified. (1)

<1> Display Card Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE39734.

<2> JRS 24 1934 219 (OS Card Reference). SKE45070.

<3> Inf Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44347.

<4> F1 ASP 04.12.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41916.

<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 12 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5847.