Monument record TQ 96 SE 1181 - Roman ditches, enclosure, and ?cremation cemetery, Frognal Lane, Teynham

Summary

A Roman enclosure, ditches, and a probable cremation cemetery were excavated at Frognal Lane, Teynham during an evaluation in 2017.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9517 6310 (point)
Map sheet TQ96SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

A Roman enclosure, ditches, and a probable cremation cemetery were excavated at Frognal Lane, Teynham during an evaluation in 2017. "Trenches 2... and 3..., located in the north-east end of the excavated area, produced several Romano-British ditches with abundant finds of a high-status origin. They may have been associated with a significant Romano-British settlement or building, potentially located to the north of the evaluation site. Evidence of a rectangular enclosure, comprising two U-profiled linear ditches, was found in Trench 2... A potential Romano-British cremation cemetery was recorded in the south-western part of the evaluation area, consisting of a pair of perpendicular walls and two cremation graves in at least four vessels. In Trench 14... a pair of enclosure(?) walls were uncovered, bounding two cremation graves... In Trench 13... there was pottery and burnt flint, and a ditch (possibly an enclosure ditch) on a north-west to south-east alignment, containing pottery, animal bone and a fragment of a glass vessel" (from the original report, 1).


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2023, Teynham School, Station Road, Teynham, Sittingbourne Kent Me9 9bq Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE56551.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2023. Teynham School, Station Road, Teynham, Sittingbourne Kent Me9 9bq Archaeological Desk-based Assessment.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation on land at Frognal Lane, Teynham, 2017 (EKE24856)

Record last edited

May 1 2025 2:38PM