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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NW 450 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | A Roman road running from Canterbury to Richborough |
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Summary
A Roman road running from Canterbury to Richborough. Linear Ditch/earthwork
| Grid Reference: | TR 2378 5845 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| ICKHAM AND WELL, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Roman road running from Canterbury to Richborough, east of The Quaives, Wickhambreaux; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A section of the Roman road running from Canterbury to Richborough, 300m north east of Littlebourne Court, Littlebourne |
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Full description
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A Roman road running from Canterbury to Richborough. The location of this road is TR 1522 5772.
A section of this road can be seen as cropmark traces of its lateral ditches and the banks of the road, these run ENE-WSW between TR 2157 5847 and TR 2181 5855. (1)
Description from record TR 25 NW 58:
Linear cropmark on line of RR10, north of Seaton Road. There is another possible track near the tennis courts and quarries at Wickambreaux. (2)
<1> AP (NMR TR2258/1-2; 1 3 76) (OS Card Reference). SKE33862.
<2> English Heritage, 2009, Wickhambreaux, Kent: Ring Ditch Survey (Unpublished document). SKE16345.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR2258/1-2; 1 3 76). [Mapped feature: #8010 Roman road, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Wickhambreaux, Kent: Ring Ditch Survey. |
