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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 15 NW 1584
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman town house, Marlowe Theatre site

Summary

A large Roman town house on the western part of the Marlowe Theatre site.

Grid Reference:	TR 1477 5805
Map Sheet:	TR15NW
Parish:	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

TOWN HOUSE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

WALL PLASTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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In 2009 Canterbury Archaeological Trust excavated a large Roman town house on the western part of the Marlowe Theatre site. It was situated on what would have been a peninsula overlooking the river. Up to five rooms and a corridor were partially excavated. One of the rooms had a hypocaust. A wooden threshold was found preserved in the waterlogged conditions. Fragments of painted wall plaster were found; colours included white, red, blue, black and yellow. The building was modified and perhaps went out of use in the later Roman period. (1)

<1> Weekes, J., 2012, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports, Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 291-293 (Article in serial). SKE25119.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Article in serial: Weekes, J.. 2012. Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports. Arch Cant CXXXII: 291-305. Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 291-293.