Philp, B., Swaine, A., Rigold, S. Eboral., Newton, P. A., Bell, S. and Wells. (1968). Excavations at Faversham, 1965; the royal abbey, Roman villa and Belgic farmtead.

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Excavations at Faversham, 1965; the royal abbey, Roman villa and Belgic farmtead

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Publication Type:

Monograph (in Series)

Abstract:

TR 021617; TR 020618. 1) A Belgic settlement in a sub-rectangular enclosure began towards end 1st cent BC, its ditches largely silted by mid-1st cent AD. To the E was a aitched ?field-system partly overlain by a Roman villa of several periods, starting about AD 70-100 as a simple four-room range with verandah, gradually being elaborated until it was abandoned in 3rd cent. 2) The Abbey, founded 1147 and demolished after 1538, was also excavated; five acres were stripped to recover plans of the entire church and most of the claustral buildings. The scale as originally planned was that of a church of the first rank; unusually the cloister was placed to the N of the church. However, financial difficulties c 1220 dictated a severe curtailment of the plan, although some parts of the structure were brought up to date. Two minor phases followed between 1250 and 1350; in 1400-1450 a stone porch and a small circular tower were added to the W end, and two barns were built. In the main cemetery, over fifty-four graves were recorded, although few of these were examined in detail.

Author:

Brian Philp
A Swaine
Stuart Eboral Rigold
Peter A Newton
S H Bell
Wells

Year of Publication:

1968

Subjects / Periods:

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
1538 (Auto Detected Temporal)
1250 (Auto Detected Temporal)
1350 (Auto Detected Temporal)

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Date Of Issue From: 1968

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BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))

Created Date:

05 Dec 2008