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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1585
Type of record:Monument
Name:Fragmentary remains of an early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 found the fragmentary remains of a building with an early Roman date though there is also some evidence to suggest that activity may have continued into the mid-Roman period. The size of this building is unknown but it appears that it was oriented north-west to south-east. Its function also remains unclear. (Location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6188 7254
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Excavation in 2000-2002 found the fragmentary remains of a building with an early Roman date though there is also some evidence to suggest that activity may have continued into the mid-Roman period. It was represented by parts of two wall foundations, each approximately 0.5 m wide and of crushed chalk, which formed the north corner of a building, perhaps with a doorway in the north-east wall. The size of this building is unknown and no internal features survived, but it appears that it was oriented north-west to south-east. Its function also remains unclear, but there is nothing which indicates that it was anything other than domestic. A number of features including pits, a grave, gullies and a possibe well were discovered and are likley associated with this building.(1)


<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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: #106216 structure, ]

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