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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1564
Type of record:Monument
Name:Late iron Age pit group 2, Springhead

Summary

During works associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002, three late iron age pit groups were discovered, within a larger late Iron Age Ritual Landscape and close to the site of a possible rocessional way. The second of these pit groups comprised three relatively shallow pits. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6180 7270
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • HEARTH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • PIT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

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During works associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002, three late iron age pit groups were discovered, within a larger late Iron Age Ritual Landscape and close to the site of a possible rocessional way. The second of these pit groups comprised three relatively shallow pits and a possible three-throw hole, all of which contained late Iron Age pottery. A short distance to the north of these were the remains of a probable hearth, also of late Iron Age date, and possibly associated with the nearby pits. (1) (information summarised from source)


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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished 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. [Mapped feature: #105978 Iron Age pits, ]

Related records

TQ 67 SW 311Part of: Late Iron Age ritual site, Springhead (Monument)