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Monument details

HER Number:TR 03 NE 5
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman site and finds, Aldington

Summary

Roman flue tiles and bricks were found in April 1935 and 1936 during construction of a tennis court at New Haytors. The site has produced two Roman sites, the first yielding sherds of mid-first century and the second foundations of a building. Post holes sunk in the second site came upon piers built of square tiles which suggested the remains of a hypocaust. Early Iron Age or Belgic sherds were also found in 1935. The finds had been kept in a cupboard which was broken into during the war when the house was occupied by troops.


Grid Reference:TR 0605 3639
Map Sheet:TR03NE
Parish:ALDINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD? to 199 AD?)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Construction of a tennis court in the 1930s uncovered the remains of a Roman building, a hypocaust and mid-1st century AD pottery; possibly the site of a villa. Late Iron Age pottery was also recovered from the site.

Full description

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[TR 06053639] Roman flue tiles and bricks found AD 1935 [T.I] (1)

"The garden of Dr. Taylor of New Hayters, Aldington, has produced two Roman sites, the first yielding sherds of mid-first century and the second foundations of a building. Post holes sunk in the second site came upon piers built of square tiles which suggested the remains of a hypocaust". (2)

Roman remains found in April 1935 and 1936 during construction of a tennis court at New Haytors [sited at TR 06063633]. Early Iron Age or Belgic sherds found in 1935. (3)

Dr. Taylor left the district before the last war (WW2). The present occupier indicated the find-spot, as known to her gardener (also Dr. Taylor's), and this corresponds exactly with that published by the O.S. The finds had been kept in a cupboard which was broken into during the war when the house was occupied by troops. The tennis-court is at TR 06063633, not at the site indicated. (4)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Arch Cant 47 1935 240 (N Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE35218.

<3> Pte 6" (LRA Grove 1950) (OS Card Reference). SKE48873.

<4> F1 ASP 26-NOV-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42311.

<5> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 5 - November, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5077.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 47 1935 240 (N Cook). [Mapped feature: #38060 Roman site, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: Pte 6" (LRA Grove 1950).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-NOV-62.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NE 5 - November, 1962.