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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1777
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Tile altar base associated with temple 2, discovered during excavations at Springhead.

Summary

Grid Reference:	TQ 6178 7246
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

ALTAR (Roman - 200 AD? to 350 AD?)

Associated Finds

ALTAR (Roman - 200 AD? to 350 AD?)

Protected Status:	Scheduled Monument 158

Full description

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A tiled altar plinth was found a few feet in front of the steps into temple 2 within the temple complex at springhead. A recessed stone altar base was found just to one side of it, a socket for a spigot being bored in the centre. No trace of the altar has been found. The presence of this alter outside of the temple is unusual for those which have been discovered in Britain or north west Gaul (though an example occurs at Silchester) and is reminiscent of the classical style of temples found in Italy. (1-2)

<1> WS Penn, 1965, Archaeologia Cantiana, Springhead - map of Discoveries (Article in serial). SKE12613.

<2> W. S. Penn, 1958, Archaeologia Cantiana - The Romano British Settlement at Springhead, Excavataion of the Watling Street Shop and Pedestal, Site B (Article in serial). SKE53583.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Article in serial: WS Penn. 1965. Archaeologia Cantiana, Springhead - map of Discoveries. Vol 80, pp 107-117.
<2>XY	Article in serial: W. S. Penn. 1958. Archaeologia Cantiana - The Romano British Settlement at Springhead, Excavataion of the Watling Street Shop and Pedestal, Site B. Vol 72 pp 77- 110. [Mapped feature: #109168 plinth, ]

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1752	Part of: Temple 2, part of the Roman religious complex at Springhead (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 6	Part of: Vagniacae (Springhead), Iron Age and Roman religious centre (Monument)