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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1647 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pot oven within 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead |
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Summary
Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. A pot oven was uncovered within property 8. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6159 7278 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OVEN (Roman - 75 AD? to 200 AD?)
Associated Finds
- VESSEL (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 property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. A pot oven was uncovered within property 8. This consisted of a pit containing part of a large, mid-Roman storage vessel lying on its side in the top of the pit, and the associated burnt clay layers suggest that this was utilised as a pot oven. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106406 oven, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1415 | Part of: 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
