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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1552 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - L-shaped ditch |
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Summary
An early 2nd - mid 3rd century site known as the Western Roman Complex. There are no stone-built structures, but a quantity of tile was found in ditch fills and there is evidence for a possible foundation gully or eaves-drip. Possible evidence of domestic use includes oven built from re-used roofing tiles.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6142 7411 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Roman - 100 AD? to 250 AD? (at some time))
- SITE (Roman - 100 AD? to 250 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A substantial L-shaped ditch (20673), may have formed the corner of another similar enclosure. Another substantial ditch (20438) was cut to the north-east of enclosure 20286, running across the site on a SW–NE orientation. (2)
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 Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document).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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
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 | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003.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 | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 303 | Part of: Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument) |
