Monument record TR 15 NW 655 - Roman Building in Canterbury

Summary

During trenching on former allotment gardens, evidence of a Roman Street (TR 15 NW 601) and building was recovered. The building, which bounded the road to the west, had a central courtyard with portico's constructed on a raised platform. The potico's floor, designed to overcome damp conditions, had a base of broken tiles which supported a bed of opus signinum overlain by mortar. To the west lay a clay-floored room with a beam scar marking its further wall. Two post-holes were found in the room, possibly from the original scaffolding. West of the room was a roughly metalled courtyard. An open hearth lay nearby. Beyond the courtyard lay another portico or corridor with a mortered floor. In the late Roman period the building was demolished, possibly due to a rising water table, and all the posts and beams had been taken up and almost all of the building materials removed. After this a possible gully was cut in the Roman period but no further activity seems to have taken place on the site.

Location

Grid reference TR 1455 5771 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TR15NW
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1992, St Mildred's Tannery Site, Canterbury Evaluation 1991- 1992 (Unpublished document). SKE7976.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1992. St Mildred's Tannery Site, Canterbury Evaluation 1991- 1992.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation, St Mildred's Tannery, 2006/7 (Ref: TAN 05-07) (EKE19688)
  • Intrusive Event: St. Mildred's Tannery Site Evaluation 1991-2 (EKE5846)

Record last edited

Aug 17 2020 2:14PM