Monument record TQ 96 SE 73 - Possible location of Archbishop's Palace, Teynham

Summary

The identification of a medieval wall associated with tile and thirteenth century pottery suggests the presence at the given point of a building which was part of the nearby Archbishops Palace complex.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9662 6389 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ96SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Suggested alternative site for Archbishop's Palace (TQ 96 SE 1) located at the corner of Teynham Court Road and the road leading to Conyer Creek. Small evaluation trench was dug after a MD wall was observed projecting out from the line of the road. The wall proved substantial and almost certainly of a MD date. Farmer remembers wall being dismantled in 1936-7. Mixed up with the building debris were several pieces of of MD roof tile and pottery (C 13). The hypothesis is supported by the 1795 OS Drawings which show the remains of a building near the corner of the two roads (BL OSD 103/44). (1)


Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 1996, Interim Report Teynham District Neolithic, Roman and Medieval Sites (Unpublished document). SWX7156.

Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 1996, Interim Report Teynham District Neolithic, Roman and Medieval Sites (Unpublished document). SWX7156.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Swale Archaeological Survey, Interim Report, Teynham District, November 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 1996. Interim Report Teynham District Neolithic, Roman and Medieval Sites.
  • --- Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 1996. Interim Report Teynham District Neolithic, Roman and Medieval Sites.
  • <1> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Swale Archaeological Survey, Interim Report, Teynham District, November 1996.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE, 1983 (Ref: EI 15095) (EKE4047)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Teynham Court Road, Teynham (EWX6588)

Record last edited

Mar 1 2011 8:53AM