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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1521 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Roman metalled road west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Gullies |
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Summary
Excavations in advance of the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2001 found evidence of a metalled road bounded by two ditches that linked the main Northfleet villa complex to features to its west. The road was dated to some time between AD 50 and AD 150.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6182 7258 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GULLY (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
Full description
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Excavations in advance of the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2001 found evidence of a metalled road bounded by two ditches that linked the main Northfleet villa complex to features to its west. The road was dated to some time between AD 50 and AD 150. (1-7)
The road was flanked by two ditches/ gullies immediately to the north and south . Both were recut on at least one occasion. Material from the roadside ditches provides a broad late 1st–early 2nd century AD date for their infilling (1)
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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape, p145 (Unpublished document). SKE31245.
<3> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 1 Report (Unpublished document). SKE12220.
<4> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet Kent, ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evalaution: Volume 2 Appendices (Unpublished document). SKE12221.
<5> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 3 Figures and Plates (Unpublished document). SKE12222.
<6> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.
<7> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2001, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Ebbsfleet Sports Ground, Northfleet, ARC ESG00, Phase 2 Evaluation Archaeological Works Fieldwork Report Final (Unpublished document). SKE12227.
<8> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 2: Late Iron Age to Roman Finds Reports (Monograph). SKE32435.
Sources and further reading
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| 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. p145. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 1 Report. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet Kent, ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evalaution: Volume 2 Appendices. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 3 Figures and Plates. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2001. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Ebbsfleet Sports Ground, Northfleet, ARC ESG00, Phase 2 Evaluation Archaeological Works Fieldwork Report Final. |
| <8> | Monograph: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 2: Late Iron Age to Roman Finds Reports. |
