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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 273 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman walls, 39 High Street, Rochester |
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Summary
A wall and return belonging to a Roman building were found during work on a cesspool. The wall was of ragstone and bonding course of red tiles.
Related documents/files/web pages
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7427 6867 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (Roman - 275 AD to 325 AD (between))
- WALL (Roman - 275 AD to 325 AD)
Full description
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Workmen rebuilding a cesspool uncovered a wall of a Roman building, 2 feet thick(0.6m), of ragstone and bonding course of red tiles. Later a return wall was discovered. The nature of this second wall is unclear. Situated to the rear of 39 High Street. (1) NGR assigned by LMARG (2).
This may be part of a building excavated to the rear of 35 High St in 2001. (3)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Extracts from LMARG records, Pers Comm. -KCC, 8/10/92. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> Payne, G., 1905, Researches and Discoveries In Kent, 1902- 1904: Chatham Dockyard, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 27 pIXV, Payne G. (Article in serial). SKE12471.
<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2004, Final Report on Archaeological Work Undertaken at the George Vaults, Rochester (Unpublished document). SKE12299.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Extracts from LMARG records, Pers Comm. -KCC, 8/10/92.. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Payne, G.. 1905. Researches and Discoveries In Kent, 1902- 1904: Chatham Dockyard. Archaeologia Cantiana 27: lxv. Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 27 pIXV, Payne G.. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2004. Final Report on Archaeological Work Undertaken at the George Vaults, Rochester. |
