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Monument details

Summary

Roman clay extraction pits backfilled with kiln debris, possible structures associated with this activity and refuse pits, plus a metalled road and a late inhumation cutting the post-abandonment silt above it.

Monument Types

• ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• CLAY PIT (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• PIT (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• POST HOLE (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• STAKE HOLE (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• EXTENDED INHUMATION (Roman - 225 AD? to 409 AD?)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• WASTER (Roman - 150 AD to 225 AD)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 225 AD? to 409 AD?)

Full description

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In 2008 Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out an evaluation. Large clay extraction pits were found, dated to the Roman period. These were filled with a large amount of tile and brick wasters. Potter found with the dumped material was of the mid 2nd and early 3rd century. Post holes and stakeholes could relate to structures associated with this phase of activity on the site. Pits were also found. This activity is probably directly linked with the nearby tile kilns to the southeast (see TR 15 NW 479). The road found on the kiln site was also found to cross this site. The road was sealed beneath a layer of silt which had been cut by an inhumation burial. The burial could be of late Roman date but this is unclear. (1-2)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Archaeological evaluation at The House of Agnes, St Dunstans, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE17928.

<2> Weekes, J., 2012, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports, Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 296 (Article in serial). SKE25119.

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