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Monument details

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, Approximately 6 m upslope from the building were two shallow gullies, and a third gully which was located to the south east which likely marked a boundary of some sort. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• GULLY (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)

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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. The focus of these features is suggested to have been a timber structure, Approximately 6 m upslope from the building were two shallow gullies, one which was L-shaped in plan and another which was more curvilinear, both unlikely to have been structural and more probably drainage gullies to divert rainwater run-off away from the rear of structure. A final gully was located to the south east this is likely to have marked a boundary of some sort. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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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