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Monument details

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 found a a possible well or dene hole 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.(Location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• DENE HOLE (Roman - 50 AD? to 200 AD?)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Roman to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 50 AD to 650 AD)

Full description

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Excavation in 2000-2002 found a a possible well or dene hole 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. This had been revetted with flints around the top and contained a generally homogeneous, uncompacted fill (with some voids) which extended to a depth of at least 4 m. Pottery recovered ranged from early to mid-Roman in date, with several early–mid-Saxon sherds in the upper fill. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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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