Monument record TR 15 NE 166 - Romano-British cobbled ?road surface, quarry and bank, Canterbury

Summary

A late 1st-2nd century Roman gravel pit overlaid by a gravel bank was exposed in 1964 when a police H.Q. was built. It was inspected by F Jenkins who considered it to represent later adaption as an amphitheatre. This is brickearth extraction pit was supported by later evaluation work by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 1997. No evidence for the amphitheatre was reported. The excavation in 1997 also revealed evidence for cobbled surfaces thought to represent part of Roman Watling Street.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 1503 5738 (75m by 61m) FCE
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, Archaeological Watching Brief During the Demolition and Clearance of Secondary Buildings ToThe Rear of The Police Station, Old Dover Road (Unpublished document). Ske11973.

<1> F1 FGA 27-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42991.

<2> Archaeology of Cant: An Assessment 1985 57 (G Andrews) (OS Card Reference). SKE37336.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Evaluation Police Station, Old Dover Road (Unpublished document). SKE8250.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, Archaeological Evaluation of land at Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE8251.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury: An Archaeological evaluation, November 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE8255.

<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, Archaeological Watching Brief During the Demolition and Clearance of Secondary Buildings ToThe Rear of The Police Station, Old Dover Road (Unpublished document). SKE11973.

<7> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd., 2003, Canterbury Police Station Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent: Stratigraphic Report (Unpublished document). SKE56133.

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  • ---XY Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. Archaeological Watching Brief During the Demolition and Clearance of Secondary Buildings ToThe Rear of The Police Station, Old Dover Road. [Mapped feature: #43490 Quarry, ]
  • <1> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27-JAN-65.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Archaeology of Cant: An Assessment 1985 57 (G Andrews).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Evaluation Police Station, Old Dover Road.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. Archaeological Evaluation of land at Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury: An Archaeological evaluation, November 1997.
  • <6>XY Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. Archaeological Watching Brief During the Demolition and Clearance of Secondary Buildings ToThe Rear of The Police Station, Old Dover Road. [Mapped feature: #43490 Quarry, ]
  • <7> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd.. 2003. Canterbury Police Station Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent: Stratigraphic Report.

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, 2002 (Ref: Site code: PSC EV 02) (EKE5993)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at the Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, 1997 (Ref: Site code: CPS 97) (EKE5992)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at the Police Station, Old Dover Road, 1997 (EKE21167)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief During Demolition & Clearance of Secondary Buildings, Old Dover Road Police Station, Canterbury, 2002 (Ref: Site code: CPS WB 02) (EKE8212)

Record last edited

Jun 5 2024 12:19PM