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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 22 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Well (Roman or Medieval) (site) |
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Summary
A possible Roman or Medieval circular well was found during the construction of the Elham Valley Branch Railway at Bridge.
| Grid Reference: | TR 180 542 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WELL (WELL, Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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A circular well of flints, possibly Roman, was found in making the Elham Valley Branch Railway at Bridge. [A flint-stained well at Ocholt (TQ 509718) was regarded as almost certainly Md. and contemporary with the settlement there]. (1)
<1> Reliquary 1888 ii 27 (OS Card Reference). SKE49142.
<2> VCH Kent 3 1932 148 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51037.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Reliquary 1888 ii 27. [Mapped feature: #43948 well, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 148 (RF Jessup and MV Taylor). |
