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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1623
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Possible sunken feature building within property two of Roman Roadside Settlement, Springhead

Summary

Grid Reference:	TQ 6169 7263
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

GULLY (Roman - 75 AD? to 200 AD?)
PIT (Roman - 75 AD? to 200 AD?)

Full description

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Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of Romano-British property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. Within property two revealed a large sub rectangular pit which has been interpreted as some form of sunken-featured structure. It measured 6 m by 4 m, and was 0.60 m deep with near-vertical sides, it contained no structural features. An irregular gully appears to have been associated with the pit, perhaps to divert rainwater run-off. The associated pottery suggests that it may have been in use in the second half of the 1st century, with infilling taking place in the late 1st to early 2nd century. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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>	Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1407	Part of: 'Property 2' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 1477	Part of: Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument)