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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1640 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fence lines surrounding property 5 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 post holes were located within the immediate vicinity of the Watling Street frontage and on the edge of property 5, these have been interpreted as representing fencelines of an early Roman date. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6161 7270 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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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. A series of post holes were located within the immediate vicinity of the Watling Street frontage and on the edge of property 5, these have been interpreted as representing fencelines of an early Roman date. A possible sequence of three pairs of larger post-holes also lay along the frontage, centrally placed and approximately 4 m apart, perhaps defining an entrance to the property.(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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106397 fence, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1412 | Part of: 'Property 5' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1477 | Part of: Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
