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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1651 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pit containing neonate burial within 'Property 9' 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. Within property 9 which was located along the west side of Watling Street, a pit containing a neonate burial was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6162 7267 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (Roman - 75 AD? to 150 AD?)
- PIT (Roman - 75 AD? to 150 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. Within property 9 which was located along the west side of Watling Street, a pit containing a neonate burial was uncovered. The pit was one of a cluster located in the south east corner of the property and was one of the earliest in the sequence and likely dates to the late first -early second 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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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>XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106419 burial, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1416 | Part of: 'Property 9' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
