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Monument details

Summary

Roman occupation features including floors, metalling and occupation deposits, and pits, were excavated at Canterbury Cathedral Welcome Centre in 2016.

Monument Types

• FLOOR? (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))
• METALLED SURFACE (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))
• OCCUPATION LAYER (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))
• POST HOLE (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))
• STAKE HOLE (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))
• TESSELLATED FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD? (About) to 409 AD? (About))

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• CERAMIC (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• Charcoal (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• SHERD (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• TILE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
• WALL PLASTER (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Full description

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Roman occupation features including floors, metalling and occupation deposits, pits, stake-holes, and post-holes, were excavated from two trenches at Canterbury Cathedral Welcome Centre in 2016.
One of the floor deposits was tesselated. This was formed from brick tesserae 0.3m square and was aligned NW-SE. Overlying this deposit was a demolition deposit containing fragments of painted wall plaster, mortar, and charcoal.
Located in the same trench was the (probable) cut for a wall aligned on the same axis as the floor, suggesting the location for a room dating to the Roman period.
Stake-holes and post-holes were also excavated from this trench, suggesting the presence of further structures or modification to existing structures and implying multi-phase activity during the Roman period.
The other trench contained a probable pit, metallings, probable floors, and occupation deposits, alongside an unidentified cut feature. The pit contained pottery dating to the mid 3rd-4th century.
Other finds associated with the features include animal bone, Roman tile, a glass sherd, painted wall plaster fragments, and a fragment of amphora. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2016, Canterbury Cathedral Welcome Centre Archaeological evaluation report (Unpublished document). SKE52682.

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