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Monument details
Summary
A large Roman town house on the western part of the Marlowe Theatre site.
Grid Reference: | TR 1477 5805 |
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Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- WALL PLASTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
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In 2009 Canterbury Archaeological Trust excavated a large Roman town house on the western part of the Marlowe Theatre site. It was situated on what would have been a peninsula overlooking the river. Up to five rooms and a corridor were partially excavated. One of the rooms had a hypocaust. A wooden threshold was found preserved in the waterlogged conditions. Fragments of painted wall plaster were found; colours included white, red, blue, black and yellow. The building was modified and perhaps went out of use in the later Roman period. (1)
<1> Weekes, J., 2012, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports, Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 291-293 (Article in serial). SKE25119.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Article in serial: Weekes, J.. 2012. Canterbury Archaeological Trust Interim Reports. Arch Cant CXXXII: 291-305. Archaeologia Cantiana CXXXII 2012: 291-293. |