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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1653
Type of record:Monument
Name:Well within property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead

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. Within property 10 on the western side of Watling Street, a number of substantial pits were uncovered including one which has been interpreted as a well. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TQ 6159 7268
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • WELL (Roman - 50 AD? to 125 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 10 on the western side of Watling Street, a number of substantial pits were uncovered including one which has ben interpreted as a well. This had an irregular plan but had traces of substantial timber lining measuring 0.6m by 0.5m in the base. An early Roman date for this feature is indicated. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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>XYUnpublished 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: #106428 well, ]

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1417Part of: 'Property 10' including blacksmiths workshop at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)