front of ~r. 1a Love Lane,, i~ scca~ to have ~~tai~d ~ ~inc ~ ~
They have been f~-~u~’H ~ ‘. - ~ ~nca, in ~ the hdl ot H ~
up the castle ditch, c~ even in buIkiinz cz~avanor. h~i~hcr n ~ ‘hat at
beginning of the i8th century many uri~ and ~:hrymatoc~ were ~
and Th~r~ at a later ~ give. detu’. 01 several Roman ~ found
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enlarging a cdiar. \u ~o.ns arc rccoriacd sr~na the ~mctcrr.
(2) The second cemetery OCcUrred fl ~ * .* m ~u!h Of
Rochester on the river bank. It ap~ars to have contained snhumir~ bun ~.
A skeleton with decorated Simian wi~ dug up at the \tanor Farm ~-rr~nt
works, 1895. A little later sn the ~arrr ~car three bun~ in ciii. cut out
of the chalk, ~ ti. to in. ~ ~ ft. 8 in. below thr ~urt&~. wtrc
obacrved between the south wail ~ the con~ict pri**r and the
F~r Radwa~r. I ~ mtaaured roughly ~ ft. by 3* ft. and lay
with their hc~d’~ to ~- ~ north.c~i, ~ south~west respectively. With the
first wa.~ saul! bm~’n urn and bLk patera, with the second two iron flA~
at the feet and with the third a itt brown urn. Twelve coins (a
dcnarH’ of Ctaudius TI. a ~mi!l brass of Caausaus, a second brass ~t
Constantine II, and three small br;~ 01
Constantine family and six illegible) found in a t~cld west nt the pnson
a~ probably belonged to thas ~cnccry and suggest that it was ot a Liter
date the Boky Hill one. An urn had been ploughed up here in *;~6 ~
mq be pan of the turniture of a grave.’
(3) Two cemctcncs, one a very large ‘ne, have been fiund on the opposite
bank of the river at ~‘trn~-s~t Pottery from the latter, pmerved in the
Rochester and Maidstonc Museums, date. 1mm c. jo-iuo ~.o and later.
and indudes Simian form *8 stamped cirvn. ‘t and form ~ i c ~ ~•
ee below, Topographical Index, p. *6g.)
4. DAaTrow
Although the evidence for Roman occupation here i~ vague ant uflut~*factory,
there is sufficient to indicvr a small Roman ~cttkmcnt in the ~iinhty of
the Wading Street. Structural remain’ have been recorded on three or
tour sates
(i) A • strong pavement ct plain red tc’ser-ac • noted to hare been
found’ under the corner shop nearest 10 the pump ~! the rntranic
to Lo~eld Street.
(a) In *866 foundations were exposed in the Hsgh ~rrrr, nc~r the
church, and Roman rclsi. WCTC found here.
(~) About *886’ numcrou tiles and some cttrn~n%r t r4isjoni sho~ving
wide roums and narrow ~ with coins all ut Ron*n state, were
iren about i~o ydL south.cau ui the f)~~’~- Tree Inn.
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