Flint-walled ruins of a small Saxon and medieval chapel beside the old Roman road outside Faversham, built over a Roman tomb
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground
A small, roughly square Roman building from the 4th century, thought to have been a mausoleum — a stone tomb built above ground to hold the remains of someone important, rather than a grave dug into the earth — forms the oldest part of these flint ruins in a field beside the A2 outside Faversham, on the line of the Roman road known as Watling Street. Medieval builders later reused its surviving walls as the chancel of a chapel, adding a nave to the west and enlarging both in the 13th century; this is thought to be the only church in England built around the remains of a Roman tomb. The chapel fell out of use by the 16th century, and today only its flint and stone walls remain, roofless and low among open fields. A short walk across the field from the road leads to the ruins, free to see any time, and Maison Dieu in nearby Ospringe, which displays finds from the Roman cemetery nearby, is worth combining with a visit.
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