Scheduled MonumentsEnglandAn unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road

England
List entry 1005158
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005158
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.57 hectares
Grid reference
TR 24091 36988
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road is a multi-period archaeological site in Kent combining evidence of Iron Age burial practice with Roman domestic settlement. The site comprises an Iron Age urnfield, indicating inhumation burial traditions of the later pre-Roman period, alongside the remains of a Roman villa representing the agricultural and domestic infrastructure of the Romano-British period. The juxtaposition of these two occupation phases demonstrates continuity of settlement in this location across the Iron Age and Roman periods, reflecting patterns of rural habitation and land use in Kent during the first centuries AD and the centuries immediately preceding the Roman conquest.

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005158. View the official record →

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What is An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road?

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road is a multi-period archaeological site in Kent combining evidence of Iron Age burial practice with Roman domestic settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005158.

Who is responsible for protecting An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road?

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005158.

What other scheduled monuments are near An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Martello towers, East Cliff (0.3 km), Martello tower no 4, Cliff Road, Folkestone (3.4 km), Martello tower no 5 at Folkestone School for Girls (3.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road

An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road

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