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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1589
Type of record:Monument
Name:Beam slot representing site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 revealed a group of features that probably belonged to the same complex which is likely to have originated in the 1st century and continued in use into the mid-Roman period. The focus of these features is suggested to have been a timber structure, represented by a narrow slot approximately 14 m long, 0.5 m wide and up to 0.3 m deep, with a short return at the north end. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6189 7259
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Excavation in 2000-2002 revealed a group of features that probably belonged to the same complex which is likely to have originated in the 1st century and continued in use into the mid-Roman period, but probably not much beyond the middle of the 2nd century. The focus of these features is suggested to have been a timber structure, represented by a narrow slot approximately 14 m long, 0.5 m wide and up to 0.3 m deep, with a short return at the north end. The nature of this putative structure remains uncertain though it is suggested to have been an ancillary structure, possibly a
shelter rather than something more substantial, open to the west. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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: #106230 beam slot, ]

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