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Foulness Island Roman burial site is a Romano-British cemetery located on Foulness Island in Essex. The site dates to the Roman period and represents evidence of settlement and funerary practices during the occupation of Britain. Burials and associated archaeological material from the site provide insight into the material culture and burial customs of Romano-British communities in this coastal region of Essex. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1002149.
Romano-British burial site on Foulness Island is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002149. View the official record →
Foulness Island Roman burial site is a Romano-British cemetery located on Foulness Island in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002149.
Romano-British burial site on Foulness Island 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 1002149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Foulness Island, 1947 Explosives Storage Area (1.2 km), Mud Berth for CGWV No 7 (formerly HMS Beagle) (3.5 km), Cold War defence boom, Pig's Bay, Shoeburyness (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British burial site on Foulness Island'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.
Romano-British burial site on Foulness Island stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.