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Watling Temple

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Reconstruction of Watling Temple
Low walls of flint creating an inner square chamber surrounded by an outer chamber
Reconstruction of Watling Temple

Watling Temple is the name given to the remains of a 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 during an archaeological dig covering 18 acres (73,000 m2) that found iron furnaces and pottery kilns as part of a manufacturing site, a Roman temple, a 7 metres (23 ft) wide Roman road and late Iron Age remains dating from 30 BC.[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]

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