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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 208 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Romano-British building, and Saxon huts |
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Summary
A Roman building and Saxon huts were found in the Simon Langton School yard. Part of a tessellated floor, brick tesserae and hypocaust tiles were found on the site in 1886.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1497 5763 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (BUILDING, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HYPOCAUST? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TESSELLATED FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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(TR 14975763. Sited from authority 2 map 3). Ro build, Sax huts. In Simon Langton School Yard six fifth century Saxon huts were found in the ruins of a Roman house and courtyard close to the Roman Street.(1) Part of a tessellated pavement with brick tesserae together with broken hypocaust tiles were observed in 1886 near the centre of the school playground. (2)
<1> JRS 51 1961 191 (OS Card Reference). SKE45121.
<2> The Arch of Cant; An Assessment 1985 116 117 136 (G Andrews) (OS Card Reference). SKE50013.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: JRS 51 1961 191. [Mapped feature: #43774 Roman and saxon buildings, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: The Arch of Cant; An Assessment 1985 116 117 136 (G Andrews). |
