Monument record TR 15 NW 2595 - Roman (and possible late Iron Age) features at Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury

Summary

Roman (and possible late Iron Age) features, including a ditch, a quarry, and pits, were identified during an archaeological evaluation and watching brief at Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury. Finds included Roman pottery from the fill of some of these features.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 14195 57969 (10m by 17m)
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Roman (and possible late Iron Age) features and artefacts recovered from an archaeological evaluation and an archaeological watching brief at Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury. The evaluation and watching brief were undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2017 in advance of the construction of 4 semi-detached residential buildings at the site. Other features at the site included a medieval/post-medieval layer of plough soil (TR 15 NW 2596).

The ditch (possibly a field boundary) and a quarry were the earliest features present at the site. The ditch measured 1.55m in width x 0.52m in depth; the quarry measured 8m in width and 1+m in depth. These are suggested to represent agricultural and industrial activity, possibly indicative of the presence of a small-scale settlement nearby. This settlement may have been represented by the two intercutting pit features (just over 1m in combined width) which were identified through the watching brief.

57 sherds of pottery, with a combined weight of 960g, were recovered from the fill of the ditch and quarry features. These sherds "comprise 44 sherds of Canterbury coarse grey sandyware, 1 of Canterbury coarse oxidised sandyware, 9 of local coarse grog-tempered ware, 1 of fine oxidised Upchurch-type ware and 2 which are possibly from a south Spanish olive oil amphora. A high proportion of this assemblage (36 sherds) represents a single Canterbury grey sandyware lid-seated jar of probable late first to mid-second date. All of the fabric and form types identified are common in Canterbury in both domestic and funerary deposits of the later first to second centuries AD (from the original report (1))".

Burnt flint was recovered from trench 2, and 4 worked flints were recovered from the fill of the Roman ditch - however, these presumably represent residual deposits and therefore have not been recorded as an artefact for this monument.(1)


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2017, Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8AY Evaluation and watching brief report (Unpublished document). SKE52710.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd. 2017. Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8AY Evaluation and watching brief report.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury (Ref: Project Code: EV-BHC-17) (EKE22478)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Braymor House, Queens Avenue, Canterbury, 2017 (Ref: Project Code: WB-BHC-17) (EKE22479)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2025 11:36AM