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Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green is a Roman-period ford construction located in Kent, England. The monument represents a deliberately engineered crossing point where a Roman road intersected a watercourse, with surviving evidence of paved surfacing that facilitated passage across what would otherwise have been a marshy or water-logged section. The ford's construction reflects Roman engineering practices in Britain, demonstrating the strategic importance placed on maintaining communication routes across difficult terrain during the occupation period. The site survives as an archaeological monument of significance to understanding Roman road networks and their adaptation to local topography in south-eastern England.
Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005162. View the official record →
Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green is a Roman-period ford construction located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005162.
Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green 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 1005162.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm (6 km), Medieval moated site, Peters Green (6.1 km), Newenden Bridge See also KENT 41 (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green'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.
Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.