Monument record TQ 96 SW 1256 - Roman field boundary, off Panteny Lane, Bapchild

Summary

A Roman ditch, planned in at right-angles to the Roman Watling Street.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 9336 6290 (9m by 37m)
Map sheet TQ96SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TONGE, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

From the report: "Linear F is Roman and planned in at right-angles to the Roman Watling Street. It is of particular interest that the modern field boundaries, some 2000 years later are parallel to this Roman field boundary and even more astounding that the Middle Bronze Age field boundaries are themselves
parallel even though they are 1600 years earlier than the Roman field boundary. It may be that the
Roman Watling Street followed an even earlier track dating to the Iron Age or even the Bronze Age." (1)


<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2011, Archaeological excavation on land off Panteney Lane, Bapchild, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31805.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2011. Archaeological excavation on land off Panteney Lane, Bapchild, Kent.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological excavation on land off Panteny Lane, Bapchild, Kent (Ref: SW/03/0430) (EKE15630)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2016 2:14PM