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Saxon Shore Fort Bastion, Queen Street is a surviving defensive structure from the late Roman period, dating to the third or fourth century AD. The bastion forms part of the fortifications constructed along the Kent coast as part of the so-called Saxon Shore system, a network of forts built to defend Roman Britain against Germanic raiders. The structure represents the Roman military engineering response to increasing maritime threats during the later imperial period, demonstrating the scale of defensive investment required to protect this vulnerable coastal region. The bastion's survival provides archaeological evidence of Roman coastal defence strategies and the architectural techniques employed in late Roman Britain.
Saxon shore fort bastion, Queen Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004190. View the official record →
Saxon Shore Fort Bastion, Queen Street is a surviving defensive structure from the late Roman period, dating to the third or fourth century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004190.
Saxon shore fort bastion, Queen Street 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 1004190.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Martin's Church (0.1 km), South-western section of the Roman Fort of the Classis Britannica, near Albany Place (0.1 km), The Bath House, N of Market Street (0.1 km).
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