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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1496 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Flint wall and remains of furnace and flue of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House |
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Summary
A flint wall and the remains of a furnace thought to be mid-2nd century were identified during excavations in advance of the CTRL HS1. The remains form part of a detached bath-house built after 160AD and added to in several phases by the first half of the 3rd century.
This flint wall and furnace are from the earliest phase.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6163 7409 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FURNACE (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
- WALL (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
Full description
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A flint wall and the remains of a furnace thought to be mid-2nd century were identified during excavations in advance of the CTRL HS1. The remains form part of a detached bath-house built after 160AD and added to in several phases by the first half of the 3rd century (1). This flint wall and furnace are from the earliest phase.
<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <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 | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1423 | Part of: Northfleet Roman villa bath-house site (Monument) |
