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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1528 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Roman clay extraction pits, kiln debris, a road and a late inhumation, St Dunstans, Canterbury |
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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.
Grid Reference: | TR 1439 5814 |
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Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
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 Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Archaeological evaluation at The House of Agnes, St Dunstans, Canterbury (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2009. Archaeological evaluation at The House of Agnes, St Dunstans, Canterbury. |
<2> | Article in serial: Weekes, J.. 2012. Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports. Arch Cant CXXXII: 291-305. Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 296. |
Related records
TR 15 NW 479 | Parent of: Romano-British pits, road metalling, side drains, pottery kilns, inhumations, med pits (Monument) |