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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of An unenclosed Iron Age urnfield and Roman villa, 60m ESE of No.64 Wear Bay Road's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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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.