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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1547
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20685

Summary

Four burnt-flint filled pits, linear features and the remains of a cremation burial suggesting the presence of an occupation site beneath Romano-British deposits.

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.


Grid Reference:TQ 6138 7417
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • CREMATION (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))
  • FEATURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))
  • PIT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))
  • SITE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • BURNT FLINT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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One of four burnt-flint filled pits, linear features and the remains of a cremation burial suggesting the presence of an occupation site beneath Romano-British deposits.

Pomoideae charcoal from pit 20685 (fill 20684), produced a date of 3313±30 BP (NZA-28250, 1690-1510 cal BC).

Artefactual material was largely absent from these features.(3)

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.


<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.

<2> 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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.

<3> Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement.
<2>Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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.
<3>Monograph: Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,. 2012. Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4..

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TQ 67 SW 302Part of: Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument)