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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1576 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman Occupation, outside 46 Burgate Street, Canterbury |
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Summary
In the cellar of a bombed building outside 46 Bugate Street, trial trenching in advance of reconstruction revealed a Roman concrete and opus signinum floor, flanked to the south by an internal clay wall with white plaster rendering on its south side. One mortarium rim recovered from under the floor was of the Dane John Kiln type dated c. late 1st to early 2nd century AD.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1503 5781 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 200 AD)
Full description
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In the cellar of a bombed building outside 46 Bugate Street, trial trenching in advance of reconstruction revealed a Roman concrete and opus signinum floor, flanked to the south by an internal clay wall with white plaster rendering on its south side. One mortarium rim recovered from under the floor was of the Dane John Kiln type dated c. late 1st to early 2nd century AD.
Andrews, G., 1985, The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE30429.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrews, G.. 1985. The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment. |
