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Monument details

Summary

Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of Romano-British property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. Within property 5 a large sub rectangular pit was uncovered which has been interpreted as a possible sunken featured building. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• PIT (Roman - 150 AD? to 225 AD?)

Full description

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Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of Romano-British property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. Within property 5 a large sub rectangular pit was uncovered which has been interpreted as a possible sunken featured building. It was located within 5 m of the edge of the Ebbsfleet. It was approximately 9 m long, 6 m wide, and 0.9 m deep, with steeply sloping or near-vertical sides and a slightly undulating bottom. Pottery indicates a mid-Roman date. The function of the building is uncertain but it may have served for storage of some sort. (1)

<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2010, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document). SKE31245.

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