Monument record TQ 57 SW 1015 - Roman inhumation burial,Dartford

Summary

Roman burial, found pre 1900.

Location

Grid reference TQ 547 746 (point)
Map sheet TQ57SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Roman interments (2),at the top of the chalk quarry, between the Dartford Cement Company's Works and the road leading from the eastern end of Dartford High Street to Joyce Green. The skeletons lay N. and S., head to the N., in graves, side by side, 2 ft. 6 in. from the surface. The only associated find was a 2nd brass of Claudius. (1) (Symbols shown for R.B. interments.] [Do not agree with Authority 1 siting, being both alongside Temple Hill, some 300.0 m. south.] (2) Roman coin not in Dartford Museum. No further information about these sites could be obtained (3). Additional reference (4).


<1> Arch. Cant. vol. 24, 1900, p. liii, (Geo. Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE37086.

<2> Kent Archives Dept. 6" (Gordon Ward, 1920-30) (OS Card Reference). SKE45904.

<3> F1 ASP 16-OCT-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42140.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 91 - October, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3193.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. vol. 24, 1900, p. liii, (Geo. Payne).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Kent Archives Dept. 6" (Gordon Ward, 1920-30).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-59.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 91 - October, 1959.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2022 11:16AM