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Monument details

Summary

Iron Age and Roman settlement features excavated in 1976-78 at 77-79 Castle Street. Early medieval finds, Medieval and post Medieval floors and rubbish pits were also recorded.

Monument Types

• BUILDING (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
• HEARTH (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
• CLAY PIT (PIT, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• HEARTH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• ROAD (ROAD, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FLOOR (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• RUBBISH PIT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

• COIN (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
• SHERD (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
• KNIFE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 900 AD to 999 AD)

Full description

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(TR 14755765 sited from CAT plan) Cakebread Robey 1. (TR 14745766 sited from CAT plan) Cakebread Robey 2. Excavations in 1976-8 at 77-79 Castle Street found two Belgic huts, with hearths containing Belgic pottery and potin coins dated to the early years of the 1st century.

Overlying these was a large Roman Street and two more narrow streets; one was paralled and north west of the main street, and the other was aligned north-south and three metres further west. A large colonnade, possibly surrounding a temple faced onto open courtyards and is dated to the late 1st to 3rd century (see TR 15 NW/110). This was later covered by a surface of Roman building debris and slag with hearths and post-holes containing Roman and Anglo-Frisian pottery. Saxon features included flimsy timber buildings, three possible drainage ditches, small rubbish pits and a possible clay extraction pit. Later occupation is represented by medieval and post medieval floors and rubbish pits. (1-3)

Eighth century bronze ornament found. (4)

10th century Anglo-Scandinavian ornamented knife found. (5)

Additional bibliography. (6-9)

<1> Arch Cant 92 1976 238-40 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36092.

<2> Arch Cant 94 1978 275-7 (P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36194.

<3> The Arch of Canterbury: An Assessment 1985 107-108 134 175-176 (G Andrews) (OS Card Reference). SKE50054.

<4> Arch Cant 97 1981 7-25 (M Budny and J Graham-Campbell) (OS Card Reference). SKE36301.

<5> Med Arch 22 1978 130-33 (J Graham-Campbell) (OS Card Reference). SKE46757.

<6> DOE Arch Excavs 1976 61 84 128 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE40797.

<7> PPS44 1978 439-444 photo (K Mackelty C Haselgrove and D Nash) (OS Card Reference). SKE48615.

<8> Supp Gaz of Find Spots of Celtic Coins in Britain 1977 77 (C Haselgrove) (OS Card Reference). SKE49735.

<9> Arch Cant 93 1977 217 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36131.

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