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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 26 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman pavement, near Bridge Reach, Frindsbury, Rochester |
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Summary
Possible trace of Roman road or 'pavements' found during excavations in 1819 for the Thames and Medway Canal at Frindsbury. Skeletal material and well presered oak trees were also found in association with this. A reference to a "Roman High-way" formed of flints, embedded in chalk and leading to Frindsbury Church, is seen as a further reference to the same discovery.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7421 6951 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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[TQ74226952] Roman Foundations found A.D.1828 [T.I.] (1) Excavations in 1819 for the Thames and Medway Canal at Frindsbury uncovered "traces of a road several feet below the present surface of the ground." Some trees were also discovered buried several feet deep and one, an oak, was in perfect state of preservation (2) A "roman High-way" formed of flints, embedded in chalk and leading to Frindsbury Church, is an obvious reference to the above discovery. It is noted in 1828 as "a few years back" (3) A sketch plan shows, about 100 yards from the Medway, "at this spot in digging the Thames and Medway Canal nearly 20 years ago portions of pavements were found supposed to be in the line of a road from Strood to Upnor, several skeletons were also found here" (4) [The plan, by H. Wickham before 1840, was used by C.R. Smith mainly to illustrate some discoveries of 1838] No further information. (5)
<1> OS 25" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48265.
<2> Gents Mat I 1819 646 (OS Card Reference). SKE43609.
<3> Arch 22 1829 436-7 (OS Card Reference). SKE34379.
<4> Arch 29 1842 plan pl xxll (0H Wickham) (OS Card Reference). SKE34384.
<5> F1 CFW 19.12.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42642.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 26 - December, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4095.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1938. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Gents Mat I 1819 646. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch 22 1829 436-7. [Mapped feature: #22573 road, ] |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Arch 29 1842 plan pl xxll (0H Wickham). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 19.12.64. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 26 - December, 1964. |
