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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1658 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Dene hole within property 11 in the Roman 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. Within property 11, which was located between the junction of Watling Street and its branch road, was a dene hole. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Grid Reference: | TQ 6160 7270 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
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 11, which was located between the junction of Watling Street and its branch road, was a dene hole. This was situated within the angle created by the two roads and immediately to the south east of the clay floored circular structure. It was at least 3.5m deep. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106433 dene hole, ] |
Related records
TQ 67 SW 1418 | Part of: 'Property 11' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |