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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1633 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Well within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead |
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Summary
Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of Romano-British property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. A series of fence lines were identified within property 4, these appear to have separated the property from both the road and the adjacent properties. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Grid Reference: | TQ 6164 7269 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WELL (Roman - 100 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 4 was a well, which may have been used in conjunction with a later Roman tank which was situated nearby. The well had a subcircular well-pit and a central shaft lined with chalk blocks. Only the upper 1.5 m of the shaft was excavated and most of the chalk blocks had been robbed from this area, but pottery recovered from the latest fills indicates that it had been completely infilled by around the beginning of the 3rd century. It is considered likely that it was dug early in the 2nd century and remained in use for up to a century or so. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106387 well, ] |
Related records
TQ 67 SW 1410 | Part of: 'Property 4' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
TQ 67 SW 1477 | Part of: Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument) |