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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1617 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Denehole located close to mid Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet |
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Summary
Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found feature which has been interpreted as a denehole. This was located close to a mid Roman building and they are possibly contemporary. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6184 7263 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 150 AD? to 225 AD?)
Full description
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Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found feature which has been interpreted as a denehole. This was located close to a mid Roman building and they are possibly contemporary. The upper fill contained mid-Roman pottery. its presence likely to have restricted the northern extent of the possible timber structure which is represented by a beam slot and which is probably associated with the walling located to the south. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106345 denehole, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1396 | Part of: Roman structure, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument) |
