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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SE 2
Type of record:Monument
Name:Stone (Our Lady of Eylwarton) Chapel, Faversham

Summary

This scheduled site consists of the remains of a small chapel, disused since 1547. The chancel incorporates courses of Roman brick and Kentish ragstone. It was extended in the eleventh century with the nave added in the fourteenth century. The Roman element may be part of a surviving Roman mausoluem, incorporated into the later structure, or may come from the re-use of Roman building debris in the mid-Saxon period.

The chapel lies on an east facing valley slope, between 15-20m contours.


Grid Reference:TQ 9916 6133
Map Sheet:TQ96SE
Parish:NORTON, BUCKLAND AND STONE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BURIAL (Roman to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 43 AD to 1065 AD)
  • CHAPEL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Post Medieval - 600 AD to 1547 AD)
  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FLOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SHERD (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1011773: A ROMANO-BRITISH MAUSOLEUM, AN ASSOCIATED ROMANO-BRITISH BUILDING AND A PARISH CHURCH AT STONE-BY-FAVERSHAM; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Roman occupation and burial sites along Watling Street, around Syndale Park east of Ospringe

Full description

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[TQ 9915 6132] Stone Chapel [NR] (Remains of) [NAT] (1) Various views and observations on Stone Chapel are that:- It is Saxon and Medieval with a late Conquest chancel extended eastwards in the 12th century and a nave rebuilt and extended in the later Middle Ages (a). It is a Norman church built over and incorporating part of a Roman building (thus after excavation when "the foundations of two cross-walls were found beneath the church floor, showing that the north and south walls had formed two sides of a nearly square Roman building"). Already disused at the time of the Reformation (b). It was built in the 11th century and enlarged c. 1200 with nave added in the 14th century and lengthened at a later date (c). It is Saxon - probably of the 8th or 9th century (d). It was known as the Chapel of Our Lady of Eylwarton (e). Dedicated to St. Peter. The church was never used after 1547 (f). (2)

The remains of the chapel are fragmentary and heavily overgrown. The building comprised a nave and chancel of flint rubble interspersed with Roman tile. The walling is 0.7 metres thick and approximately one metre high except at the N.E. corner of the chancel where it stands to about three metres. The lower courses of the N. and S. chancel walls are of Kentish Rag with bonding courses of Roman tile and appear to be Saxon work. (3) Checked and 25" survey of 1962 correct. (4) The remains of Stone Church were excavated by the Kent Archaeological Society (in 1874 - see Authority 7), who considered it to be Roman. (The results of these excavations were never published - Authority 14 - but Authority 5, visiting the site soon after, gives a detailed description of the features exposed and comes to the conclusions summarised below.) The early part of the building, of alternate courses of re-used Roman tile and roughly-dressed stone formed a chancel measuring 14ft. 3 inches by 13ft. Internally which had been extended east in flint walling, probably in the 13th century. The junction between the walls of the early chancel and the later nave formed a straight vertical joint where the chancel may originally have been built against an earlier wooden nave. When the chancel was extended eastwards its early floor was covered to a depth of 1.5ft. And a new plaster floor was formed on top. At the same time the east wall was cut down to serve as the first of three steps to a new altar. On top of the low, early side walls, new walling had been erected of plain flint construction with recesses in the form of sedilia using the tops of the old walls as seats. There is disagreement about the date of the early part of the church. Sir Gilbert Scott thought it to be Saxon, and I think it has fair claims to this - ranging back to 900 A.D., but I should not be at all astonished if it was Norman, of 1072, which the treatment of the coloured stonework strongly hints at. (5) The preserved masonry of Stone-by-Faversham Church can be compared to that of St. Pancras and there is no difficulty in accepting the work as of early, i.e. Anglo-Saxon, date. (6) [TQ 991 613] A ruined chapel of no known dedication was noted by Hasted as containing remains of unusual interest (g) and was excavated in 1874 by the Kent Archaeological Society. In 1957 the ruins still showed most of the features described by Irvine (Authority 5) - the flint walls of the chancel stood high in the north-east corner with some plaster on the inner faces, and the solid block of masonry for the altar close to the east end. Further west were recesses in flint walling, below which the early wal[…]

From the National Heritage List for England:

Details
The monument includes a Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano British building and a later parish church which survive in ruined and buried form in a shallow, dry valley around 100m to the north of Watling Street, the Roman road between London (Londinium), Canterbury (Dubrovernum) and Dover (Dubris). The monument was partially excavated during the 19th century, and again between 1967-1968 and 1971-1972, when the Romano-British mausoleum was found to be a north east to south west aligned, roughly square structure measuring 6.2m by 5.8m, built on a rectangular foundation raft of flints. The walls, which survive to a height of up to c.0.75m, are 1m thick, and are constructed of squared tufa and ragstone blocks with frequent, regular courses of thin, red bricks. Reinforcing the walls on the north eastern and south western sides were six external buttresses, two of which survive at the north western and south western corners. The original entrance is represented by a gap of 1.25m in the centre of the north western wall, and the original sill, a large, rectangular, Greensand slab, survives in situ. Internally, the floor, which had undergone some later disturbance, was constructed of opus signinum (a very hard waterproof cement, coloured red with crushed tile) and the walls were decorated with red-painted plaster. A large, rectangular, concrete block, interpreted as a podium, was found to have been mortared to the floor near the south eastern wall. Roman coins discovered within the building date to the mid fourth century AD, whilst Roman pottery sherds found nearby date from the second to fourth centuries AD. A north-south aligned child burial dating to the Romano-British period was found just to the south of the mausoleum. The excavations also revealed a further Roman building lying c.11m to the north west of the mausoleum, partially underlying a wall of the later, medieval church. This building, the orientation of which diverges from that of the mausoleum, is represented by a north east to south west aligned length of cement and chalk foundation wall c.0.6m thick, which originally formed the south eastern wall of the building, with traces of an opus signinum floor surviving to its north west. Also discovered were associated Roman coins and pottery sherds dating to the mid third to mid fourth centuries AD. Partially overlying the earlier Roman building, but making use of the surviving walls in its construction, is a later, medieval church, dedicated to Our Lady of Elwarton. The mainly flint built church, which is a small, rectangular building sharing the alignment of the earlier mausoleum, with ruined walls measuring 24m by up to 7.5m and surviving to a height of up to c.2m, underwent at least three main phases of development. These may have been preceded by an earlier, timber-built Anglo-Saxon church, the evidence for which includes the discovery of associated Anglo-Saxon burials and artefacts, including a silver sceatta coin dating to c.AD730, amber beads and pottery sherds. The earliest stone built phase, which has also been interpreted as Anglo-Saxon, involved the utilisation of the earlier mausoleum as the chancel, whilst an adjoining flint built nave was constructed to the north west, with its north western wall partially overlying the south eastern wall of the earlier Roman building. During the 13th century, the chancel was extended towards the south east, and the south eastern wall of the earlier mausoleum was partially demolished at this time. A contemporary altar base survives near the south eastern end of the chancel. The third phase of development, which took place during the 13th century or later, involved the extension of the nave towards the north west. The church is surrounded by a roughly square graveyard covering c.0.12ha. This is an area of uneven ground likely to contain further, now unmarked, burials. The graveyard is bounded by a flint wall which partially survives in ruined form on the north western side to a height of c.0.5m, but survives elsewhere as a low earthwork. The church is believed to have been abandoned as a religious building by the 1530's. The monument is in the care of the Secretary of State. The perimeter of the monument is marked by a series of modern concrete posts which are excluded from the scheduling, as is a modern interpretive sign situated to the south west of the ruined church walls, although the ground beneath these features is included.

Reasons for Designation
Romano-British mausolea were monumental and sometimes ornamental tombs standing above ground and usually constructed of stone or brick and tile. Their basic function was to contain and mark high-status single or multiple inhumation or cremation burials. Evidence suggests that mausolea frequently served as family tombs which could be entered for some form of ceremony when a new burial was placed in the monument. A small number of mausolea have produced no evidence of burials and in these cases it appears that the monument served as a cenotaph. Mausolea are usually found within Romano-British cemeteries but may also be found singly or in small groups. They generally appear to have been sited in prominent positions in the landscape. Besides their common association with Romano-British cemeteries, mausolea may also be found near Roman barrows, roads, villas and, in one instance, a Romano-Celtic temple. The tradition of constructing mausolea began in the early second century and continued until at least the fourth century, with individual examples being used for relatively long periods of time. Romano-British mausolea are rare nationally. Known examples are widely dispersed with the main concentration in the south east, particularly in Kent. Mausolea are not found in Wales or Scotland but are common in the rest of Europe. Because of their rarity and their importance in providing information on Romano-British burial practice for persons of high status and on demographic and social organisation, all examples with surviving archaeological potential are considered nationally important.

The mausoleum at Stone-by-Faversham survives as a partly standing structure with associated buried remains, as revealed by partial excavation. Unusually, it is incorporated within a later, now ruined, parish church which may have its origins in the Anglo-Saxon period. This illustrates continuity in the use of the site for funerary and possibly Christian religious purposes from the late Roman period onwards. Although its exact nature and function have yet to be established, the second Romano-British building, situated some 11m to the north west of the mausoleum, indicates the existence of at least two phases of Roman development on the site, and suggests that further, broadly contemporary, structures and remains will survive within the area of the later churchyard. The abandonment of the church in the 16th century means that contemporary graves representing the local population will not have been disturbed by later burials.(27)

In 2005 the Kent Archaeological Field School undertook a programme of works at the site, including field walking, metal detecting, resistivity survey, test pits, evaluation trenches and a large open area excavation to the south of the chapel. A perimeter wall was found to surround the chapel site, possibly built (or re-built?) in the late 4th century (based upon sherds found in the wall and a coin on a surface abutting it). Beyond this wall additional Roman buildings were located to the east and to the south. Anglo-Saxon and medieval occupation was also found in this area. There appear to have been a number of medieval buildings, of which floors were the chief evidence. An inhumation burial was found and possibly dates to the medieval use of the chapel site. Trenches towards Watling Street south of the chapel site found pits of the 3rd and 4th century, along with some of mid-8th to mid-10th century date. A trench between these two areas located a possible roadway. (28)


E.WALL OF RO BUILDING SHOWING CENTRAL AND CORNER EXT.PILASTERS 13TH CENT. CHANCEL FLOOR-LEVEL IN FOR (Photograph). SKE246.

EXT. OF E. WALL OF RO BUILDING,LOOKING WEST SHOWING METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH (Photograph). SKE256.

EXT. OF EAST RO WALL SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND WALL CONSTRUCTION WITH 11/12TH CENT. BURIAL BENEAT (Photograph). SKE238.

EXT. OF EAST ROMAN WALL OF ROMAN BUILDING SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND CONSTRUCTION OF WALL Types: M (Photograph). SKE248.

EXT. OF N.WALL OF MD NAVE SHOWING SAXON WALL FOUNDATIONS AND HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT BELOW MD WALL.2ND (Photograph). SKE247.

EXT. OF N.WALL OF NAVE LOOKING S. SHOWING FOUNDATION OF SAXON NAVE WITH SAXON HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT,& (Photograph). SKE250.

EXT. OF RO EAST WALL SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND 11/12TH CENT BURIAL BENEATH FOUNDATIONS OF 13TH CE (Photograph). SKE239.

EXT.N. LOOKING W. SHOWING RO BUTTRESS (LEFT) AND MD BUTTRESS (RIGHT TOP) RO FOUNDATION IN CENTRE AND (Photograph). SKE241.

GENERAL VIEW OF ROMAN BUILDING WITH 13TH CENT. CHANCEL IN BACKGROUND,LOOKING NORTH EAST Types: MAUSO (Photograph). SKE232.

INT. OF CHANCEL,LOOKING NNE SHOWING JOINT OF RO WALL AND 13TH CENT. WALL,THE LATTER RENDERED WITH HE (Photograph). SKE257.

INT. OF RO BUILDING LOOKING WNW SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY,RO WALLS AND SUPERIMPOSED FLOORS - RO,SAX (Photograph). SKE254.

INT. OF RO BUILDING,LOOKING WNW SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY,RO WALLS AND SUPERIMPOSED FLOORS - RO,SAX (Photograph). SKE258.

INT. OF RO BUILDING,SHOWING NW CORNER,MONOLITHIC DOORWAY ON LEFT AND FOUNDATION-RAFT RUNNING DIAGONA (Photograph). SKE253.

LOOKING E. SHOWING EXCAVATIONS WITHIN ROMAN BUILDING WITH 13TH CENT. CHANCEL IN B/GROUND;ROMAN MONOL (Photograph). SKE231.

LOOKING NORTH EAST FROM NORTH WALL OF CHURCH Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH (Photograph). SKE379.

LOOKING SOUTH.INT. OF RO WALL SHOWING METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION AND SMALL MD SLOT.TOP OF WALL IS MODERN (Photograph). SKE233.

LOOKING W.ALONG S.WALLS OF CHANCEL AND NAVE. FALLEN BLOCK OF S.WALL IN FOREGROUND. Types: MAUSOLEUM/ (Photograph). SKE382.

LOOKING WEST SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY AND ROMAN TILE-COURSED WALLS.UNEXCAVATED NAVE IN BACKGROUND (Photograph). SKE237.

LOOKING WEST.N.EXT.OF RO WALL ON LEFT AND WIDE FOUNDATION-RAFT IN FOREGROUND.RO BUTTRESS ON LEFT,OVE (Photograph). SKE234.

N. EXT OF NAVE,LOOKING E. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION SUPER- IMPOSED BY MD WALL.BROKEN RO TRANSVERSE W (Photograph). SKE358.

N. EXT. OF NAVE LOOKING S. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION WITH ?HORIZONTAL SEATING FOR WOODEN BEAM,MD WAL (Photograph). SKE360.

N. EXT. OF NAVE SHOWING FOUNDATIONS OF SAXON WALL,HORIZONTAL SAXON BEAM-SLOT WITH MD WALL ABOVE.LATE (Photograph). SKE255.

N. EXT. OF NAVE,LOOKING E. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION(B/GRND R) WITH MD WALL SUPERIMPOSED.BROKEN RO W (Photograph). SKE359.

N. EXTERIOR OF CHANCEL,LOOKING S. SHOWING JOINT OF ROMAN WALL (CENTRE) AND 13TH CENT. WALL (LEFT) Ty (Photograph). SKE252.

N.EXT LOOKING E. SHOWING MD BUTTRESS.MD NAVE WALL (EXT. RIGHT) ?SAXON NAVE WALL FOUNDATION (RIGHT) W (Photograph). SKE245.

N.EXT LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING MD NAVE WALL (TOP) WITH HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT BENEATH ?SAXON FOUNDATION L (Photograph). SKE242.

N.EXT LOOKING SW SHOWING ?SAXON POST-HOLE AT NE CORNER OF NAVE WITH MD NAVE-WALL (LEFT) AND MD BUTTR (Photograph). SKE244.

N.EXT OF RO BUILDING SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND REMAINS OF WIDE FOUNDATION-RAFT IN FOREGROUND.RO BUTTR (Photograph). SKE235.

N.EXT. OF MD NAVE SHOWING FOUNDATIONS OF SAXON NAVE BENEATH MD WALL ON LEFT,WITH A/S HORIZONTAL BEAM (Photograph). SKE249.

NAVE INT. LOOKING E.SAXON LOOSE PACKING AGAINST RO TRANSVERSE WALL - WITH SAXON W. WALL PARTIALLY OV (Photograph). SKE281.

NAVE INT. LOOKING NE SHOWING MD 'BENCH' RIDING OVER RO WALL Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH (Photograph). SKE361.

NAVE INT. LOOKING NORTH SHOWING FRAGMENTS OF WIDE SAXON WEST WALL OVERLYING TRANSVERSE RO WALL.MD MA (Photograph). SKE284.

NAVE INT. LOOKING S. SHOWING RO WALL PARTIALLY SUPERIMPOSED BY ?SAXON WEST WALL OF SAXON NAVE Types: (Photograph). SKE362.

NAVE INT. LOOKING S. SHOWING WIDE SAXON W. WALL PARTIALLY OVERLYING TRANSVERSE RO WALL - WITH SAXON (Photograph). SKE286.

NAVE INT. LOOKING W.FOUNDATION OF SAXON WEST WALL - MEDIEVAL SOUTH WALL ON LEFT Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHU (Photograph). SKE283.

NAVE N. EXT. SAXON WALL FOUNDATION WITH MD WALL ABOVE AND MD BUTTRESS IN BACKGROUND - LOOKING EAST T (Photograph). SKE285.

NAVE S. EXT. SHOWING RO TRANSVERSE WALL (BOTTOM LEFT CENTRE) WITH MASSIVE SAXON CORNER FOUNDATION SU (Photograph). SKE287.

NAVE SOUTH EXT. RO TRANSVERSE WALL - UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER MASSIVE SAXON CORNER FOUNDATION WITH EVI (Photograph). SKE282.

NAVE.INT. LOOKING WEST SHOWING MD CEMENT FLOOR SURFACE.?SAXON FLOOR SURFACE BOTTOM RIGHT Types: MAUS (Photograph). SKE280.

PART OF FALLEN S. WALL OF NAVE,SHOWING SLOT INTO WHICH A LARGE FRAGMENT OF A MOULDED GRAVE-SLAB HAD (Photograph). SKE352.

RO BUILDING LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING FOUNDATION OF S.WALL (INT.) WITH ROMAN TILE FRAGMENTS AND DISTURBE (Photograph). SKE236.

RO BUILDING LOOKING W. SHOWING REMAINS OF RO FLOOR,CENTRAL PILASTER AND END PILASTERS ON EXT. OF E. (Photograph). SKE251.

ROMAN BUILDING LOOKING WNW SHOWING SURVIVING ROMAN FLOOR LEVEL MONOLITHIC DOORWAY IN W.WALL & CENTRA (Photograph). SKE230.

ROMAN BUILDING,LOOKING W. SHOWING SURVIVING ROMAN FLOOR LEVEL AND MONOLITHIC DOORWAY IN WEST WALL AN (Photograph). SKE229.

RUINED CHURCH AFTER EXCAVATION,SEEN FROM SOUTH WEST.NOTE EAST AND SOUTH TRENCHES IN THE RB 'CELLA' A (Photograph). SKE378.

RUINED CHURCH BEFORE EXCAVATION,SEEN FROM WEST.LEVELS INSIDE FALL SHARPLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH INDICA (Photograph). SKE377.

RUINED CHURCH SEEN FROM SOUTH WEST.THIS EXTERIOR VIEW SHOWS FALLEN SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE A/S NAVE (Photograph). SKE380.

S. EXT OF NAVE SHOWING SW CORNER FOUNDATIONS OF ?SAXON NAVE (WITH RECTANGULAR HOLE FOR WOODEN SUPPOR (Photograph). SKE353.

S. EXT. OF NAVE LOOKING N. SHOWING LEFT TO RIGHT FLOOR OF RO BUILDING.SLOT FOR WOODEN REVETMENT.RO W (Photograph). SKE355.

S. EXT. OF NAVE,LOOKING W. L.FOREGROUND - MD GRAVE OUTLINED IN MORTARED FLINT.R. F/GROUND - MD BURIA (Photograph). SKE356.

S.EXT LOOKING EAST.MD CHANCEL WALL (LEFT) SHOWING FOUNDATION STONE UNDER S.E. CORNER.RO FOUNDATIONS (Photograph). SKE243.

S.EXT. OF CHANCEL LOOKING N. SHOWING RO CORNER (EXTREME LEFT) AND MD WALL BUTTING ON RO FOUNDATIONS (Photograph). SKE240.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO NAVE,LOOKING N. SHOWING WIDTH(RANGING-POLES) AND THREE SUCCESSIVE TREADING LEVELS. (Photograph). SKE357.

SOUTH EXTERIOR OF NAVE,LOOKING NE,SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION. TOP RIGHT - SECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES Typ (Photograph). SKE354.

SOUTH EXTERIOR WALL OF ROMAN BUILDING - WITH ROMAN BUTTRESS NAVE IN BACKGROUND.LOOKING WEST Types: M (Photograph). SKE279.

THE SOUTH WALL AND SOUTH WEST BUTTRESS OF THE RB 'CELLA' SEEN FROM SOUTH EAST Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURC (Photograph). SKE381.

TOMB-SLAB.FURTHER PORTION USED AS TREADER FOR SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MD NAVE.NEARER PORTION MORTARED INTO (Photograph). SKE289.

TOMB-SLAB.LEFT PORTION USED AS TREADER FOR SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MD NAVE.RIGHT PORTION MORTARED INTO SOU (Photograph). SKE288.

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

<1> OS 6" 1906-38 (OS Card Reference). SKE48316.

<2> Arch J 86 1929 30 (OS Card Reference). SKE36713.

<3> Kent Archaeological Society, 1874, The Kent Archaeological Society: Abstract of Proceedings, 1871-3, lxxviii-lxxix (Article in serial). SKE24765.

<4> CR Peers, Chief Inspector of Anc Mons (OS Card Reference). SKE39488.

<5> Rev Canon Livett (OS Card Reference). SKE49178.

<6> A Saunter Through Kent 22 1928 28-9 (C Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32866.

<7> Teynham Manor and Hundred 1935 99-100 (E Selby) (OS Card Reference). SKE49849.

<8> F1 ASP 11-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42057.

<9> F2 ASP 12-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43105.

<10> F3 AC 09-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43364.

<11> JBAA Old Ser 31 1875 249-258 plans (JT Irvine) (OS Card Reference). SKE45008.

<12> The Arts of E.Eng 2 AS Archit 1925 116 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50110.

<13> Hist of Kent 2 1782 284 293-5 800 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43949.

<14> AS Archit 2 1965 575-7 plans (HM and J Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE37370.

<15> Fletcher, E. and Meates, G. W, 1969, The Ruined Church of Stone-by-Faversham, Ant J 49 1969 273-94 plans photos (E Fletcher and GW Meates) (Article in serial). SWX7280.

<16> Fletcher, E. and Meates, G. W, 1977, The Ruined Church of Stone-by-Faversham: Second Report, Ant J 57 1977 67-72 plan (E Fletcher and GW Meates) (Article in serial). SKE24766.

<17> DMVs 1971 192 (M Beresford and JG Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE39773.

<18> Arch Cant 92 1976 10-11 (AM Everett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36071.

<19> HBMC List of Mons in the Care of the Commission (NS) (OS Card Reference). SKE43749.

<20> DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 111 (OS Card Reference). SKE41413.

<21> Arch J 138 1981 118-145 plans (H M Taylor and DD Yonge) (OS Card Reference). SKE36582.

<22> DOE(HHR) Swale RD Kent Nov 1960 89 (OS Card Reference). SKE41203.

<23> BAR 128 1984 Sceattas in Eng and on the Continent 263 (D Hill and D Metcalf) (OS Card Reference). SKE37481.

<24> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4883.

<25> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4884.

<26> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4885.

<27> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<28> Kent Archaeological Field School, 2007, The interim results of an archaeological investigation at Stone Chapel Field, Syndale, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE24764.

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---Photograph: ROMAN BUILDING,LOOKING W. SHOWING SURVIVING ROMAN FLOOR LEVEL AND MONOLITHIC DOORWAY IN WEST WALL AN. BB68/05321. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: ROMAN BUILDING LOOKING WNW SHOWING SURVIVING ROMAN FLOOR LEVEL MONOLITHIC DOORWAY IN W.WALL & CENTRA. BB68/05322. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING E. SHOWING EXCAVATIONS WITHIN ROMAN BUILDING WITH 13TH CENT. CHANCEL IN B/GROUND;ROMAN MONOL. BB68/05323. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: GENERAL VIEW OF ROMAN BUILDING WITH 13TH CENT. CHANCEL IN BACKGROUND,LOOKING NORTH EAST Types: MAUSO. BB68/05324. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING SOUTH.INT. OF RO WALL SHOWING METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION AND SMALL MD SLOT.TOP OF WALL IS MODERN. BB68/05325. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING WEST.N.EXT.OF RO WALL ON LEFT AND WIDE FOUNDATION-RAFT IN FOREGROUND.RO BUTTRESS ON LEFT,OVE. BB68/05326. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N.EXT OF RO BUILDING SHOWING CONSTRUCTION AND REMAINS OF WIDE FOUNDATION-RAFT IN FOREGROUND.RO BUTTR. BB68/05327. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: RO BUILDING LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING FOUNDATION OF S.WALL (INT.) WITH ROMAN TILE FRAGMENTS AND DISTURBE. BB68/05328. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING WEST SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY AND ROMAN TILE-COURSED WALLS.UNEXCAVATED NAVE IN BACKGROUND . BB68/05329. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF EAST RO WALL SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND WALL CONSTRUCTION WITH 11/12TH CENT. BURIAL BENEAT. BB68/05330. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF RO EAST WALL SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND 11/12TH CENT BURIAL BENEATH FOUNDATIONS OF 13TH CE. BB68/05331. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: S.EXT. OF CHANCEL LOOKING N. SHOWING RO CORNER (EXTREME LEFT) AND MD WALL BUTTING ON RO FOUNDATIONS . BB68/05569. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT.N. LOOKING W. SHOWING RO BUTTRESS (LEFT) AND MD BUTTRESS (RIGHT TOP) RO FOUNDATION IN CENTRE AND. BB68/05570. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N.EXT LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING MD NAVE WALL (TOP) WITH HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT BENEATH ?SAXON FOUNDATION L. BB68/05571. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: S.EXT LOOKING EAST.MD CHANCEL WALL (LEFT) SHOWING FOUNDATION STONE UNDER S.E. CORNER.RO FOUNDATIONS . BB68/05572. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N.EXT LOOKING SW SHOWING ?SAXON POST-HOLE AT NE CORNER OF NAVE WITH MD NAVE-WALL (LEFT) AND MD BUTTR. BB68/05573. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N.EXT LOOKING E. SHOWING MD BUTTRESS.MD NAVE WALL (EXT. RIGHT) ?SAXON NAVE WALL FOUNDATION (RIGHT) W. BB68/05574. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: E.WALL OF RO BUILDING SHOWING CENTRAL AND CORNER EXT.PILASTERS 13TH CENT. CHANCEL FLOOR-LEVEL IN FOR. BB68/05784. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF N.WALL OF MD NAVE SHOWING SAXON WALL FOUNDATIONS AND HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT BELOW MD WALL.2ND . BB68/05785. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF EAST ROMAN WALL OF ROMAN BUILDING SHOWING CENTRAL PILASTER AND CONSTRUCTION OF WALL Types: M. BB68/05786. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N.EXT. OF MD NAVE SHOWING FOUNDATIONS OF SAXON NAVE BENEATH MD WALL ON LEFT,WITH A/S HORIZONTAL BEAM. BB68/05787. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF N.WALL OF NAVE LOOKING S. SHOWING FOUNDATION OF SAXON NAVE WITH SAXON HORIZONTAL BEAM-SLOT,&. BB68/05788. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: RO BUILDING LOOKING W. SHOWING REMAINS OF RO FLOOR,CENTRAL PILASTER AND END PILASTERS ON EXT. OF E. . BB68/5788A. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N. EXTERIOR OF CHANCEL,LOOKING S. SHOWING JOINT OF ROMAN WALL (CENTRE) AND 13TH CENT. WALL (LEFT) Ty. BB68/07905. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: INT. OF RO BUILDING,SHOWING NW CORNER,MONOLITHIC DOORWAY ON LEFT AND FOUNDATION-RAFT RUNNING DIAGONA. BB68/07906. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: INT. OF RO BUILDING LOOKING WNW SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY,RO WALLS AND SUPERIMPOSED FLOORS - RO,SAX. BB68/07907. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N. EXT. OF NAVE SHOWING FOUNDATIONS OF SAXON WALL,HORIZONTAL SAXON BEAM-SLOT WITH MD WALL ABOVE.LATE. BB68/07908. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: EXT. OF E. WALL OF RO BUILDING,LOOKING WEST SHOWING METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH. BB68/07909. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: INT. OF CHANCEL,LOOKING NNE SHOWING JOINT OF RO WALL AND 13TH CENT. WALL,THE LATTER RENDERED WITH HE. BB68/07910. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: INT. OF RO BUILDING,LOOKING WNW SHOWING MONOLITHIC DOORWAY,RO WALLS AND SUPERIMPOSED FLOORS - RO,SAX. BB68/07911. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: SOUTH EXTERIOR WALL OF ROMAN BUILDING - WITH ROMAN BUTTRESS NAVE IN BACKGROUND.LOOKING WEST Types: M. BB72/02172. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE.INT. LOOKING WEST SHOWING MD CEMENT FLOOR SURFACE.?SAXON FLOOR SURFACE BOTTOM RIGHT Types: MAUS. BB72/02173. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING E.SAXON LOOSE PACKING AGAINST RO TRANSVERSE WALL - WITH SAXON W. WALL PARTIALLY OV. BB72/02174. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE SOUTH EXT. RO TRANSVERSE WALL - UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER MASSIVE SAXON CORNER FOUNDATION WITH EVI. BB72/02175. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING W.FOUNDATION OF SAXON WEST WALL - MEDIEVAL SOUTH WALL ON LEFT Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHU. BB72/02176. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING NORTH SHOWING FRAGMENTS OF WIDE SAXON WEST WALL OVERLYING TRANSVERSE RO WALL.MD MA. BB72/02177. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE N. EXT. SAXON WALL FOUNDATION WITH MD WALL ABOVE AND MD BUTTRESS IN BACKGROUND - LOOKING EAST T. BB72/02178. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING S. SHOWING WIDE SAXON W. WALL PARTIALLY OVERLYING TRANSVERSE RO WALL - WITH SAXON . BB72/02179. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE S. EXT. SHOWING RO TRANSVERSE WALL (BOTTOM LEFT CENTRE) WITH MASSIVE SAXON CORNER FOUNDATION SU. BB72/02180. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: TOMB-SLAB.LEFT PORTION USED AS TREADER FOR SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MD NAVE.RIGHT PORTION MORTARED INTO SOU. BB72/02181. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: TOMB-SLAB.FURTHER PORTION USED AS TREADER FOR SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MD NAVE.NEARER PORTION MORTARED INTO. BB72/02182. Black and White. Negative.
---Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
---Photograph: PART OF FALLEN S. WALL OF NAVE,SHOWING SLOT INTO WHICH A LARGE FRAGMENT OF A MOULDED GRAVE-SLAB HAD . BB73/00873. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: S. EXT OF NAVE SHOWING SW CORNER FOUNDATIONS OF ?SAXON NAVE (WITH RECTANGULAR HOLE FOR WOODEN SUPPOR. BB73/00874. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: SOUTH EXTERIOR OF NAVE,LOOKING NE,SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION. TOP RIGHT - SECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES Typ. BB73/00875. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: S. EXT. OF NAVE LOOKING N. SHOWING LEFT TO RIGHT FLOOR OF RO BUILDING.SLOT FOR WOODEN REVETMENT.RO W. BB73/00876. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: S. EXT. OF NAVE,LOOKING W. L.FOREGROUND - MD GRAVE OUTLINED IN MORTARED FLINT.R. F/GROUND - MD BURIA. BB73/00877. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: SOUTH ENTRANCE TO NAVE,LOOKING N. SHOWING WIDTH(RANGING-POLES) AND THREE SUCCESSIVE TREADING LEVELS.. BB73/00878. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N. EXT OF NAVE,LOOKING E. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION SUPER- IMPOSED BY MD WALL.BROKEN RO TRANSVERSE W. BB73/00879. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N. EXT. OF NAVE,LOOKING E. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION(B/GRND R) WITH MD WALL SUPERIMPOSED.BROKEN RO W. BB73/00880. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: N. EXT. OF NAVE LOOKING S. SHOWING ?SAXON FOUNDATION WITH ?HORIZONTAL SEATING FOR WOODEN BEAM,MD WAL. BB73/00881. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING NE SHOWING MD 'BENCH' RIDING OVER RO WALL Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH. BB73/00882. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: NAVE INT. LOOKING S. SHOWING RO WALL PARTIALLY SUPERIMPOSED BY ?SAXON WEST WALL OF SAXON NAVE Types:. BB73/00883. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: RUINED CHURCH BEFORE EXCAVATION,SEEN FROM WEST.LEVELS INSIDE FALL SHARPLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH INDICA. BB81/01202. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: RUINED CHURCH AFTER EXCAVATION,SEEN FROM SOUTH WEST.NOTE EAST AND SOUTH TRENCHES IN THE RB 'CELLA' A. BB81/01203. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING NORTH EAST FROM NORTH WALL OF CHURCH Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURCH. BB81/01204. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: RUINED CHURCH SEEN FROM SOUTH WEST.THIS EXTERIOR VIEW SHOWS FALLEN SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE A/S NAVE. BB81/01205. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: THE SOUTH WALL AND SOUTH WEST BUTTRESS OF THE RB 'CELLA' SEEN FROM SOUTH EAST Types: MAUSOLEUM/CHURC. BB81/01206. Black and White. Negative.
---Photograph: LOOKING W.ALONG S.WALLS OF CHANCEL AND NAVE. FALLEN BLOCK OF S.WALL IN FOREGROUND. Types: MAUSOLEUM/. BB81/01207. Black and White. Negative.
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1906-38.
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1929 30.
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<9>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 12-NOV-59.
<10>OS Card Reference: F3 AC 09-AUG-63.
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<14>OS Card Reference: AS Archit 2 1965 575-7 plans (HM and J Taylor).
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<17>OS Card Reference: DMVs 1971 192 (M Beresford and JG Hurst).
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<19>OS Card Reference: HBMC List of Mons in the Care of the Commission (NS).
<20>OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 111.
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<24>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - November, 1959.
<25>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - November, 1959.
<26>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 2 - August, 1963.
<27>XYScheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #488 Chapel, ]
<28>Unpublished document: Kent Archaeological Field School. 2007. The interim results of an archaeological investigation at Stone Chapel Field, Syndale, Faversham, Kent.