Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Excavations at 68- 69a Stour Street known as Cakebread Robey 4, and at Adelaide Place known as Cakebread Roby 5. Flanking the south edge of CB/R V was the verge of an early major Roman street, with multiple metallings. Running parallel and largely under Adelaide Place it is probably Watling Street.

Monument Types

• ROAD (Roman - 50 AD? to 409 AD?)

Full description

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Excavations at 68- 69a Stour Street known as Cakebread Robey 4, and at Adelaide Place known as Cakebread Roby 5. Flanking the south edge of CB/R V was the verge of an early major Roman street, with multiple metallings. Running parallel and largely under Adelaide Place it is probably Watling Street. By the ealy 5th century Watling Street was reduced to half its former width.(1-4)

Cut by a late 13th- early 14th century pit, were deposits comprising layers of rammed gravel forming part of Watling Street. The metalling was covered by a layer of dark brown organic soil, c. 0.20m deep, containing tile fragments, charcoal and oyster shells.(5).

<1> Bennett. P., 1982, Interim Report on Excavations in 1981 by CAT: 2. 68-69a Stour Street, Arch Cant 97 1981 279-281 plan (P Bennett) (Article in serial). SKE8281.

<2> Bennett, P., 1981, 69a Stour Street & Adelaide Place, Cant Arch Trust Ann Rep 1980-81 8-10 plan (P Bennett) (Article in serial). SKE8279.

<3> Brit 12 1981 366-67 plan (FO Grew) (OS Card Reference). SKE38304.

<4> Brit 13 1982 393 plan (NE Runkov) (OS Card Reference). SKE38308.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994, St. James Car Park, Adelaide Place, Canterbury. An Archaeological Evaluation. (Unpublished document). SKE8282.

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