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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1549 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20726 |
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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 6141 7412 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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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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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.
Charcoal from the primary fill (context 20681) of pit 20682 produced a date of 3293±30 BP (NZA- 28249, 1670-1490 cal BC) and Pomoideae charcoal from pit 20685 (fill 20684), 3313±30 BP (NZA-28250, 1690-1510 cal BC). A further isolated pit, 20726 also containing abundant burnt flint was recorded to the south of pit group 20750. Salix/ Populus sp. roundwood charcoal produced a date of 3394±30 BP (NZA28398, 1770-1610 cal. BC). (3)
Artefactual material was largely absent from these features, although the primary fill of 20682 produced a leaf-shaped arrowhead.
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 Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document).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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.. |
Related records
TQ 67 SW 302 | Part of: Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument) |