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Noviomagus
Hob Uid: 410937
Location : Kent Dartford Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ5013070820
Summary : Excavations uncovered the site of a Roman settlement indicated by a series of V-shaped ditches and a kiln of uncertain purpose, possibly a corn drying oven. The finds were dated to the 1st-2nd century AD.
More information : [TQ 50137082] A Romano-British settlement at the SE corner of Joyden's Wood, excavated 1951-3 by Tester and Caiger. The site (see plan), comprises a complex of 'V'-shaped ditches (possibly drainage) and a small kiln (of. Galley Hill, Arch. Cant. 27, lxxiii). Occupation evidence from the ditches was mainly pottery, but included nails, broken roofing tiles, two coins (sestertius of Commodus and a bronze of Antoninus Pius), and fragments of querns which indicated two phases of settlement, 1st-2nd cent. (mainly 2nd.) and 4th cent. The kiln contained 2nd cent. pottery and wood ash but no recognisable wasters; it may, alternatively, be a corn-drying oven. The general evidence for both phases of occupation suggests a settlement of open village type (1). Selection of finds on loan to Dartford Museum (2). [See illustration Card.] (1-2) Area now overgrown, but site of kiln indicated by oval depression at TQ 50137082. Finds on display Dartford Museum. (3) Name 'NOVIOMAGVS'? Accepted for 4th edition R.B.Map. (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : (P.J. Tester and J.E.L. Caiger)
Page(s) : 167-83
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Vol(s) : 68, 1954

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Vol(s) : 65, 1952

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Source details : Corr. 6" (P.J.Tester, Feb 1957)
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Source details : F1 AC 02-AUG-60
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Map of Roman Britain 4th Ed.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
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Monument End Date : 199
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Corn Drying Oven, Kiln, Town
Evidence : Find, Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Corn Drying Oven, Kiln, Town
Object Type : ROOF TILE, VESSEL, QUERN, COIN
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 57 SW 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1951-01-01
End Date : 1953-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-08-02
End Date : 1960-08-02

Associated Activities :
Activity type : DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 1999-01-01
End Date : 1999-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Noviomagus