More information : TQ 7015 5891: Romano-British Cemetery. found in 1892 (NAT) (1)
"Romano-British urnfield at Larkfield" discovered while planting
fruit trees (see plan) in 1892. The site on land belonging to William Wigan of Clare House, East Malling is on a small plateau above the River Medway, 350 yards to the south-west of Holy Trinity Church, New Hythe, and between the river and the road from New Hythe to Larkfield. It contained 13 graves of urns, some with burnt bones inside, arranged in no particular order. Four samian dishes, of Form 31, were stamped and had been buried with a flat tile covering them. A samian cup from 33, Upchurch ware and coarse pottery with iron hob nails were amongst the finds. Maidstone Museum has samian, Upchurch, coarse ware and nails from this site. (2-3)
In store in Maidstone Museum is some Romano British coarse pottery, mostly greyware, labelled "Larkfield, 1892". It includes beakers, flagons and ollae, dated 1st - 4th century AD. (a) (b) (No accession numbers). The site of the cemetery is still under orchards. (4)
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