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Monument details

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)

Monument Types

• Wall Foundation (Roman - 50 AD? to 200 AD?)

Full description

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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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

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