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While making excavations for brick-earth in a field on
the East Hall estate, at Murston, near Sittingbourne, in December, 1871, the
workmen came upon several vessels of Roman pottery. The site of the
discovery is 800 yards south-east of Murston old church, 600 yards from East
Hall House, and about half-a-mile north of the main line of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway.
The greater portion of the specimens found were of Upchurch ware, and of
great variety in shape and pattern. With the exception of two bronze fibula,
the relics consisted entirely of pottery, and were deposited nearly in a line from north to south. From their
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position they fall under
two groups. The southernmost group consisted of eight vessels of
pottery, two fibula, and two earthen beads. The second group likewise
comprised eight vessels of pottery.
The vessels the southernmost group are nearly all of small dimensions—one
of them is an urn of yellow ware (1), 8 inches in height, 2 3/4 in
diameter at its base, and 4 inches at its mouth; it bears a slight
ornament. Close to this were the two fibula, and a dish of Samian ware
(2), containing a small black urn (3). On the other side of the large
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