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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1605 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Small mid Roman quarries located close to temple building, Springhead, Northfleet |
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Summary
Excavation in 2000-2002 found two small gravel quarries . They were dug close to the edge and within the bed of the river, both were approximately 1 m deep. It seems likley that they were dug to extract gravel for use in the mid Roman sanctuary area. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6179 7260 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- QUARRY (Roman - 150 AD? to 225 AD?)
Full description
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Excavation in 2000-2002 found two small gravel quarries . They were dug close to the edge and within the bed of the river, both were approximately 1 m deep, and cut through the earlier gravel consolidation deposits. It is likley that they were dug to extract gravel for use in the sanctuary area, perhaps as part of the consolidation deposits or for metalled surfaces. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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>XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106314 quarry, ] |
