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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1638
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Possible shelter within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead

Summary

Grid Reference:	TQ 6164 7269
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

WALL (Roman - 150 AD? to 225 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. Two parallel wall footings were identified within property 4, these may represent a shelter associated with the large tank also located within the property. These footings constructed of flint nodules and appeared to sit on the ground surface rather than in foundation trenches. The footing to the north was 4 m in long, perhaps close to its original length while the footing to the south was only 2 m long and it is possible that its continuation to the north had been removed. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY	Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106394 shelter, ]

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)