Watling Temple
Watling Temple is the name given to the temple within a Roman town next to the modern A2 road in Newington, near Sittingbourne in Kent, England.[1]
The town was rediscovered in 2019 and is the site of an archaeological dig covering 18 acres that has found iron furnaces and pottery kilns as part of a manufacturing site, a Roman temple, a seven metre wide Roman road and late Iron Age remains dating from 30BC.[2][3]
The Roman road Watling Street runs through the village of Newington, and the newly discovered road predates it and takes an alternative route.[4]
The site is to be built on by Persimmon homes, with 124 homes to be created in a development called "Watling Place".[3]
References
- ^ Desentierran ciudad de casi 2000 años de antigüedad perteneciente al Imperio Romano. La Republica, 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Remains of Roman temple unearthed in Kent village", The Times, 27 May 2019, p. 3.
- ^ a b Stephenson, Ellis (23 May 2019). "Roman remains discovered near A2 in Newington, near Sittingbourne". Kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "A Roman Small Town". Newington History Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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