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Five major interim reports have now been published and are available as free PDFs. Reports in preparation include "Investigations at the Archbishops Palace at Teynham".  "The Roman Religious Sanctuary at Blacklands' is  now online below.

The Historical Development of the Port of Faversham 1580-1780  by Dr Paul Wilkinson was published in 2006 as BAR British Series 413.




BordenVilla Archaeological Investigations on land to the south of Court Lodge Farm, Harrietsham, Kent
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An archaeological investigation in 2011/2012 by the Kent Archaeological Field School of a site within the tract of land called the Holmsdale which runs along the west slope of the North Downs in Kent have discovered an enclosure with an internal circular ditch which has the attributes of a prehistoric henge, a type of ritual earthwork that takes its name from Stonehenge.

BordenVilla Archaeological Investigations in the locality of the Church of St Mary, Teynham, Kent
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During Easter 2000 and 2001 the site of the Archbishops Palace was investigated by students from the Kent Archaeological Field School (KAFS) at Teynham in Kent. Previous fieldwork by KAFS had located the site of the summer residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury where it had been mapped in the 1930’s and it is located in a corner plot about 400m metres north of the church

BordenVilla Excavation of a Roman Industrial Building to the east of Harville Road, Wye, Kent
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In 2019 the cropmark of a possible Roman building and leat (an open watercourse conducting water to a mill) east of Harville Road was investigated with permission of the landowner by students from the Kent Archaeological Field School directed by Dr Paul Wilkinson.

BordenVilla Excavation of a Roman Aisled Barn and Bath-house at Abbey Road, Faversham from 2012-2019
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Photographs from the excavation of a Roman Aisled Barn and Bath-house at Abbey Road, Faversham in Kent by the Kent Archaeological Field School from 2012 to 2019

BordenVilla Excavation of part of a Roman building at Borden by the Kent Archaeological Field School from 2014 to 2015
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An archaeological evaluation by Kent Archaeological Field School as part of a research project exposed the remains of Roman foundation walls, which may be the southern ‘wing’ of the villa. This followed a field walking survey in 2014 that produced a large quantity of 3rd century Roman pottery.

OctagonalBathHouse Excavation of a Roman Aisled Barn and Bath-house at Faversham in Kent by the Kent Archaeological Field School from 2012 to 2019
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From 2012 to 2019 the known cropmark of a possible Roman building in Abbey Fields was investigated by students from the Kent Archaeological Field School directed by Dr Paul Wilkinson.

OctagonalBathHouse Archaeological Investigations on Land at Syndale Park 1999 to 2011 Faversham - Appendix 1
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A (Photographic) Appendix 1 to the report below (Archaeological Investigations on Land at Syndale Park 1999 to 2011 Faversham, Kent). This includes the exposed Roman road (Watling Street), Roman ditch, trenches, road surfaces, Roman wells and further associated excavations and road sections.

OctagonalBathHouse Archaeological Investigations on Land at Syndale Park 1999 to 2011 Faversham, Kent
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The 1999-2011 summer and Easter KAFS excavations took place on an area of land at Syndale Park, near Faversham, Kent. The land is in the ownership of trustees and was under pasture grazed by sheep. This report summarises the work so far and concludes that on the plateau of Syndale Hill a Late Iron Age fortified settlement probably existed which ended with the Roman invasion of c.AD43 and was replaced by a 1st century Roman settlement, down slope to the east and overlooking the fresh water springs located just to the south of the medieval and post-medieval village of Ospringe and where the medieval church of Ospringe is situated.

OctagonalBathHouse Preliminary Notes on Two Seasons of Research at Oplontis B (2014-2015)
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Printed in the Journal of Fasti Online (ISSN 1828-3179), and published by the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica                          

OctagonalBathHouse Excavation of Octagonal Roman bath-house
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Excavation of Octagonal Roman bath-house at Bax Farm, Teynham JRA reprint 2012                           

cover_black.jpg The Roman Religious Sanctuary at Blacklands
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The Roman Religious Sanctuary at ‘Blacklands’, School Farm, Graveney Road, Faversham, Kent                           

cover_port.jpg Port of Faversham Reports
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The Historical Development of the Port of Faversham, Kent (1580-1780)                          

cover_bax.jpg Bax Farm Reports
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An archaeological investigation of the Roman octagonal bath-house at Bax Farm, Tynham, Kent - Please see walkthrough animation below

cover_hog.jpg Hog Brook Reports
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An archaeological investigation of the Roman aisled stone building at Hog Brook, Deerton Street, Faversham, Kent (2004-05)

cover_chapel.jpg Stone Chapel Reports: Introduction, Excavation & Field Walk
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The interim results of an archaeological investigation at Stone Chapel Field, Syndale, Faversham, Kent.

cover_bridge.jpg Bridge Reports
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The archaeological investigation of a hexagonal feature at Star Hill, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent (2003-06)

cover_villa.jpg Roman Villa Reports
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Interim Report on the Roman Villa at Deeton Street, Teynham in Kent - August 1997

cover_swale.jpg Swale Reports
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The Swale District - An Archaeological Survey (March 2000) - Foreword by Professor Alan Everitt
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Excavation of Octagonal Roman bath-house at Bax Farm, Teynham - click below to view full PDF report



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