The discovery
and excavation of a Late Iron-Age and Early Roman Farmstead at
Martin's Quarry, Longfield, Kent 1974 and 1979
TQ6084/6842
Cremation
Burial
Pit KE was 57.80m east of the baseline and 88.90m south
of peg A. It was circular in shape, 0.70m wide, and 0.19m deep. MQ83 The
filling was light brown loam, with chalk lumps and flint and contained 5
vessels including a cinerary urn (Pottery).
Centuries of ploughing had truncated the pit in which the
cremation urn had been placed. Part of the rim of the vessel had fallen
in before the shoulder and part of the upper half had been ploughed
away. The rim and neck of the white ware flagon had also collapsed in
escaping most of the erosion by ploughing. The Gallo-Belgic cups were
poorly fired and were very fragmentary. The site note book states 5
vessels, but only 4 could be found in later years!
Pit KE Cremation burial location 3m East of
South end of ditch JA
Pit KE looking South with ditches JA + JB
Pit KE
Cremation burial under excavation by Sarah
Bishop + Roger Cockett
Pit KE Cremation burial first exposed
Pit KE Cremation burial during excavation