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Monument details

Summary

Found during the archaeological excavation and watching brief on land within the Ebbsfleet Valley, south of Northfleet, near Gravesend, Kent as part of an extensive programme of archaeological

investigation carried out in advance of, and during the construction of the CTRL.

Part of a bovine tibia was recovered from Last Glacial fluvial gravels in the vicinity of the Roman Villa/Industrial complex from the fluvial gravels underlying the Roman

Wharf on the Wetlands excavation area.(1).

Full description in Prehistoric Ebbsfleet monograph (2).

Location accurate to 20m based on available information.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 150000 BC? to 10001 BC? (at some time))

Associated Finds

• MAMMAL REMAINS (Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic - 150000 BC? to 10001 BC?)

Full description

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Found during the archaeological excavation and watching brief on land within the Ebbsfleet Valley, south of Northfleet, near Gravesend, Kent as part of an extensive programme of archaeological
investigation carried out in advance of, and during the construction of the CTRL.

Part of a bovine tibia was recovered from Last Glacial fluvial gravels in the vicinity of the Roman Villa/Industrial complex from the fluvial gravels underlying the Roman
Wharf on the Wetlands excavation area.(1).

Full description in Prehistoric Ebbsfleet monograph (2).

Location accurate to 20m based on available information.

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.

<2> Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.

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