A Roman British building at TQ 67607298 was excavated in 1962 by Johnston, (1) who found that it had been destroyed by fire in the late 3rd c. There was no evidence for the date of building which was possibly late in the 2nd c. This site would appear to cover an area of 150 feet by 50 feet by 60 feet (46 m by15m by 18m).Several pits in the chalk floor included the rough graves of three infants. In the 4th c. the site was used as a rubbish dump, evidently from a near-by house. Also excavated were two arms of an earlier ditch [see plan], the filling of which contained pottery, none later than mid-1st c. A.D. To the east [sited on Johnston's plan at TQ 67647299], Allen had excavated in 1959 and found a well coursed chalk wall, Hypocaust and other tiles, etc, indicating a substantial Roman Building. (1-3) The site of the 1962 excavations is now built over and there is nothing to be seen. The site of the 1959 excavation is littered with Roman building debris but there are no remains in situ visible. Both sitings as given by Johnston (Auth 1) were confirmed by the tenant small holder. (4) A compactly planned bath-house has been uncovered west of Castle Lane. In its original form the building contained channelled hypocausts and may have served a different purpose. It was later subdivided into numerous small rooms, damaging the original hypocaust system. (5) Additional bibliography. (6-14)

<1> Typescript prov.report of M.O.W. excavations at Chalk annotated 25" cut-out. (D.E. Johnston) (OS Card Reference). SKE50694.

<2> Arch. Cant. 73,1959,207-8, xlviii (A.F. Allen) (OS Card Reference). SKE37048.

<3> Arch. Cant. 76,1961,lxix (A.F. Allen (OS Card Reference). SKE37056.

<4> F1 CFW 28-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42801.

<5> Britannia, 6, 1975, 282-3. (OS Card Reference). SKE38389.

<6> Kent Arch Rev 69 1982 201-2 (RJ Ansell) (OS Card Reference). SKE45809.

<7> Brit 7 1976 374-376 (R Goodburn) (OS Card Reference). SKE38328.

<8> Johnston, D.E., 1972, A Roman building at Chalk, near Gravesend, Brit 3 1972 112-148 (DE Johnson) (Article in serial). SWX7563.

<9> Kent Arch Rev 74 1983 85-6 (RJ Ansell) (OS Card Reference). SKE45819.

<10> JRS 52 1962 190 (OS Card Reference). SKE45122.

<11> Kent Arch Rev 61 1980 8-9 (SR Marker) (OS Card Reference). SKE45800.

<12> Harker, S., 1975, Excavations at Chalk, Kent, Kent Arch Rev 40 1975 282-283 (S Marker) (Article in serial). SWX7679.

<13> Studies in the R-Brit Villa 1978 119 124 181 (M Todd ed) (OS Card Reference). SKE49707.

<14> Brit 10 1979 336 (R Goodburn) (OS Card Reference). SKE38296.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 67 SE 15 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3602.