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HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1557 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
Name: | Later of two Bell Barrows, Springhead |
One of two overlapping mid Bronze Age bell barrows. The earliest had been partly eroded away and the central burial cut by a later Roman Road. The later barrow, only partly within the excavtion area was associated with a hearth, a possible boiling pit and a burnt mound.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
Grid Reference: | TQ 6179 7257 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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During excavation work on the line of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, close to Springhead, two overlapping ring-ditches representing barrows were found at the head of the Ebbsfleet Valley.
The earlier ring-ditch (Group 300001) had a diameter of c 18m, although only just less than half of
the ditch survived, the north-western part having been eroded away by the Roman spring line. The possible remains of a central, urned cremation burial survived although this had been substantially
truncated by a later Roman road which had been cut through the area down to the water’s edge. The feature comprised a shallow ovoid pit (0.45 x 0.30m and 0.10m deep) cut into sandy gravel. A large pot had been placed in the centre of the pit although it was poorly preserved and only fragments of
the base survived. The pot was identified as a Deverel- Rimbury Bucket Urn, marked by a single cereal grain impression.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.
Cross-ref. | Source description |
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--- | Monograph: Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,. 2012. Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4.. |
<1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report. |
TQ 67 SW 309 | Part of: Two Bell Barrows with cremation, Springhead (Monument) |