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Monument details

Summary

On the east side of the modern cellar was a trench 0.61m deep and filled with flint ballast and few pieces of Roman tile. The trench ran south to north for 5.18m and then turned at right angles to the west. The width south to north could not be determined but in the west section was 1.83m. It is thought to be a foundation of a Medieval property fronting onto Burgate.

Monument Types

• STRUCTURE (Medieval - 1301 AD? to 1400 AD?)
• WALL (Medieval - 1301 AD? to 1400 AD?)

Full description

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Excavations were undertaken by the Stour Valley research group in 1964 in the cellar of 26 Burgate. The cellar was at a depth of 2.29m below the modern pavement level. At an average depth of 0.61m below the cellar surface was a band of clean clay c 3 in thick and burnt. Mixed soil lay above this containing 3-4th century Roman pottery and a coin of Victorinus. Beneath the burnt clay layer was mixed loamy soil containing Roman building debris and dated by pottery to the first half of the 3rd century. Beneath this was the remains of an old turf layer thought to date the 2nd century.

On the east side of the modern cellar was a trench 0.61m deep and filled with flint ballast and few pieces of Roman tile. The trench ran south to north for 5.18m and then turned at right angles to the west. The width south to north could not be determined but in the west section was 1.83m. It is thought to be a foundation of a Medieval property fronting onto Burgate.

Jenkins, F, 1964, The Stour Valley Research Group (Unpublished document). SKE30345.

Andrews, G., 1985, The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE30429.

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