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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 870 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman aisled building, Thurnham |
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Summary
Roman aisled building found in 1998-1999 prior to the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7984 5719 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 100 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CEREAL GRAIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GAMING PIECE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HANDLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MIRROR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPADE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
- POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
Full description
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Roman aisled building found in 1998-1999 prior to the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
The presence of the aisled building, measuring approximately 21m x 13.5m, was confirmed by a geophysical survey of the Thurnham villa area in 1995 (1). This building was constructed to the east of Thurnham Roman villa (TQ 75 NE 374) over the north-eastern line of the Iron Age enclosure ditch which had silted up or been backfilled prior to construction. Twelve massive postholes supported the aisled building with shallow flint nodule and loose mortar foundations for its outer walls. A partition defined a separate room at the western end, within which a neatly constructed oven sat upon a crushed tufa floor. Ash deposits associated with the oven sealed much of the floor surface. The eastern end suffered from plough truncation. The large aisled building was constructed during the mid 2nd century, and occupation appears to have ceased by the mid 3rd century, with a soil layer sealing the surfaces within the building (2).
<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1999, Thurnham Roman Villa, Thurnham, Kent Detailed Archaeological Works Interim Report Final (Unpublished document). SKE7014.
<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2001, Thurnham Roman villa, post-excavation assessment report, Thurnham. (Unpublished document). SKE13710.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1999. Thurnham Roman Villa, Thurnham, Kent Detailed Archaeological Works Interim Report Final. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2001. Thurnham Roman villa, post-excavation assessment report, Thurnham.. |
Related records
| TQ 75 NE 871 | Parent of: Iron Age ditched enclosure, roundhouses and post holes, Thurnham (Monument) |
| TQ 75 NE 872 | Parent of: Possible Roman temple, Thurnham (Monument) |
| TQ 75 NE 876 | Parent of: Roman timber structure, corn drier, Thurnham (Monument) |
| TQ 75 NE 877 | Parent of: Roman trackway, gullies and wayside shrine, Thurnham (Monument) |
| TQ 75 NE 374 | Part of: Thurnham Roman Villa (Monument) |
