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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1621 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Branch road from Roman Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet |
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Summary
Excavation at Springhead Nursery in 2002-2003 found a branch road which rand from Watling Street towards the villa site at Northfleet. It seems that Both Watling Street ant this Branch road were established at the same time. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6160 7272 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- METALLED SURFACE (Roman - 50 AD? to 360 AD?)
Full description
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Excavation at Springhead Nursery in 2002-2003 found a branch road which rand from Watling Street towards the villa site at Northfleet. It seems that Both Watling Street ant this Branch road were established at the same time. A 100m stretch of this road was identified during the excavation, it was approximately 5 m wide, with a maximum of three surviving metallings. The road had been kept clear of refuse and virtually no associated finds were recovered. The latest coins from the uppermost surviving surface dated to AD 350–360. At least part of the branch road was re-used in the medieval period, forming an element of a trackway which provided access to the springs at the head of the Ebbsfleet. Both Watling Street and this road appear to have been primary elements in the layout of the settlement in this part of Springhead. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106351 road, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1622 | Parent of: Roadside ditches associated with Roman Branch road and Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1398 | Part of: Roman Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument) |
