Reculver church was built about A.D. 670, and from the existing walls and foundations it is clear that its plan was basilican.
"Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them"
Sidney Heath
To quote but two cases in point, relics of a circular one with a small apse at the eastern end have been found at Antepellius in Asia Minor, and of one of the basilican type at Silchester in England.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell
Contemporary with this humble building, that is closely associated with all the most sacred memories of the early Church, were the vast basilican places of worship erected at Rome by Constantine and his immediate successors, which have unfortunately been either destroyed or so much modified as to retain little of their distinctive character.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell