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
  1. Desentierran ciudad de casi 2000 años de antigüedad perteneciente al Imperio Romano. La Republica, 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Remains of Roman temple unearthed in Kent village", The Times, 27 May 2019, p. 3.
  3. Stephenson, Ellis (23 May 2019). "Roman remains discovered near A2 in Newington, near Sittingbourne". Kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. "A Roman Small Town". Newington History Group. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

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