Roman cemetery at Cherry (Chaureth Green) (EHER 4625)

Fragments of pottery found here in 1847 by Lord Braybrooke's workmen were thought to be Roman.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Fragments of pottery found here in 1847 by Lord Braybrooke's workmen were thought to be Roman. <1> <2> Possible remains of a Roman cremation cemetery disturbed in 1847 in the course of ploughing a headland, which had previously not been levelled. Neville inspected the site and identified various pots as Roman, including Samian. Further excavations by Neville's workmen yielded only a few more fragments of pottery which had contained cremations. The pots described by Neville included one cinerary vase of red ware, full of concreted burnt bones, presumably human. At one time the mass of concrete had become moulded to the shape of the urn. Another urn was of fine, red-glazed Samian ware, disinterred whole but smashed by the ploughman. A small patera was also of Samian and was found whole but later broken. 1 cinerary vase had been ploughed right through. A few fragments were found by Neville's workmen They were much coarser than the previous finds. The vessels contained ashes, the fractures were of ancient date and the depth of the deposit very shallow (16") so if any others remained they must speedily have been discovered. <3> <4> See also: <5> <6>