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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1528 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30107 |
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Summary
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 6145 7403 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GRUBENHAUS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 480 AD to 720 AD?)
- POST HOLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 480 AD? to 720 AD?)
Full description
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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)
SFB30107 was a subrectangular pit, measuring 3.90 m long by 2.80 m wide and 0.30 m deep. Two structural post-holes were identified, located centrally in the east and west ends. A series of possible steps was identified in the south-western quadrant of the pit, cut into the pit side and possibly indicating an access to the base of the pit. Two fills were identified. The fill from one of the post-holes was radiocarbon dated to AD 430-600.
Finds from the fills included a modest quantity of pottery, animal bone, and a doublesided bone comb.
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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
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. |
| <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. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1452 | Part of: Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet (Monument) |
