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Monument details

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 found a series of shallow pits associated with 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. One of the pits contained a neonate burial and three contained small quantities of mid Roman pottery. (Location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• BURIAL (Roman - 50 AD? to 200 AD?)
• PIT (Roman - 50 AD? to 200 AD?)

Associated Finds

• HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 100 AD? to 250 AD?)
• SHERD (Roman - 100 AD? to 250 AD?)

Full description

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Excavation in 2000-2002 found a series of shallow pits associated with 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. One of the pits contained a neonate burial and three contained small quantities of mid Roman pottery. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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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