Faversham Stone Chapel also known as Our Lady of Elwarton, is a medieval chapel built on top of a Romano-British mausoleum. The chapel is located in what is thought to have been the Roman settlement of Durolevum, near the modern town of Faversham, in Kent, England.
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The Faversham Stone Chapel, also known as Our Lady of Elwarton, close to the Roman Watling Street (now the A2), is the only chapel in England to incorporate a pagan mausoleum. You can still see the rows of thin red bricks laid by the Romano-British in the 4th Century. It is probably the only remains of the small Roman town of Durolevum and its Roman cemetery at Ospringe. The chapel was abandoned by the 1530's. It is maintained by English Heritage and was was excavated during the 19th century and again in the...
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Lovely site with great explanation board and well looked after and clean. Bus stop at the end of footpath on the main road (A2) although no bus stop sign so check with google maps for precise location. Bus did stop even though sign not present. If driving finding a parking spot might be a bit challenging, but maybe there be somewhere along the Four Oaks Road with...
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It’s a very interesting ruined church, the only con is that there’s no place to leave your car, although it’s just 50 metres from the always busy A2. Tip: leave your car at an abandoned factory on Faversham Road (just next to JE and JH Clinch) and then it’s just a less...
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