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| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1452 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
| Name: | Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet |
Excavations in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found three sunken-featured buildings west of Northfleet Roman villa.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6143 7402 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Excavations in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found three early-Saxon sunken-featured buildings (SFB 30057, 30107, 30119) west of Northfleet Roman villa (area 6). The structures were 3-4m long and 2-3 m wide and contained post holes. contained 5th-6th century pottery, animal bone and fired clay, loomweights, a 6th century brooch, animal bone, a double-sided comb, a quern fragment and pinbeaters. Close by was a possible hearth. (1)
Large quantities of red and roe deer fragments came from SFB 30057 in particular. The volume and distribution suggests either a craft funtion, a ritual aspect, or a combination of the two (2).
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports (Monograph). SKE32437.
| Cross-ref. | Source description |
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| <1> | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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. |
| <2> | Monograph: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports. |
| TQ 67 SW 1527 | Parent of: Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30057 (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1528 | Parent of: Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30107 (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1529 | Parent of: Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30119 (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 299 | Part of: Early Medieval Settlement, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument) |