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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SE 4
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman Building, near Stone Chapel, near Ospringe

Summary

A cobbled hearth and associated chalk wall foundations were found in 1926, between Stone Chapel and Watling Street. The surrounding field also contained a scatter of Roman brick.

Grid Reference:TQ 9914 6121
Map Sheet:TQ96SE
Parish:NORTON, BUCKLAND AND STONE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status: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 9914 6122] About 5ft. below the present level, Colonel Hawley found, in 1926, a cobbled hearth and round it, chalk wall foundations. [Sited from given plan.] (1) In the vicinity of Stone Chapel (TQ 96 SE 2) a hearth and chalk walling were found by Lieutenant Colonel W. Hawley in 1926; they seem to represent Roman cottages alongside the Watling Street. (2) There is a scatter of Roman brick in the field in the area cited. (3)

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. Evidence was found of Roman occupation near Watling Street. A road apparently lead from the road towards the chapel area. (5)


<1> Report Research Committee Soc of Ants London No 8 1931 4 (W Whiting) (OS Card Reference). SKE49171.

<2> Arch J 86 1929 301-2 (Meeting Proceedings Anon) (OS Card Reference). SKE36718.

<3> F1 ASP 13-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42086.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 4 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4888.

<5> Kent Archaeological Field School, 2007, The interim results of an archaeological investigation at Stone Chapel Field, Syndale, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE24764.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Report Research Committee Soc of Ants London No 8 1931 4 (W Whiting).
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1929 301-2 (Meeting Proceedings Anon).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 13-NOV-59.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 4 - November, 1959.
<5>XYUnpublished document: Kent Archaeological Field School. 2007. The interim results of an archaeological investigation at Stone Chapel Field, Syndale, Faversham, Kent. [Mapped feature: #35265 building, ]