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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1503
Type of record:Monument
Name:Room 10508 and flue in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House

Summary

Room 10508 was a later addition to the Roman Villa Bath-House identified during excavations in advance of the CTRL HS1. This room was added to the east of Room 10509 along with an additional flue. Oom 10508 was a hot room with stacks of tile and opus signinum built on top of the floor to form the hypocaust. The walls were coated with successive layers of chalk and tile and pointed with opus signinum. (1)

Grid Reference:TQ 6161 7410
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FLOOR (Roman - 150 AD to 200 AD)
  • HYPOCAUST (Roman - 150 AD to 200 AD)
  • WALL (Roman - 150 AD to 200 AD)

Full description

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Room 10508 was a later addition to the Roman Villa Bath-House identified during excavations in advance of the CTRL HS1. This room was added to the east of Room 10509 along with an additional flue. Oom 10508 was a hot room with stacks of tile and opus signinum built on top of the floor to form the hypocaust. The walls were coated with successive layers of chalk and tile and pointed with opus signinum. (1)


<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2010, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document). SKE31245.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1423Part of: Northfleet Roman villa bath-house site (Monument)