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Warbank is a Romano-British villa site located near Keston in Kent, England. The site shows evidence of occupation during the Roman period, with archaeological investigation revealing structures and finds consistent with a substantial rural settlement of the Roman era. The villa demonstrates the pattern of Romano-British agricultural and domestic life characteristic of the south-eastern provinces of Roman Britain. The site's archaeological significance lies in its contribution to understanding rural settlement patterns and economic activity in Roman Kent during the imperial occupation of Britain.
Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002024. View the official record →
Warbank is a Romano-British villa site located near Keston in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002024.
Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston 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 1002024.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp on Keston Common (1 km), Holwood camp (1.1 km), Romano-British site, Wickham Court Farm, West Wickham (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.