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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1660
Type of record:Monument
Name:Mid roman gully within property 11 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 11, which was located between the junction of Watling Street and its branch road, gully with a mid-Roman date was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6158 7273
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • GULLY (Roman - 150 AD? to 225 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 11, which was located between the junction of Watling Street and its branch road, gully with a mid-Roman date was uncovered. This was located in the north eastern corner of the property and was one of a small cluster of mid Roman features in a property which appears to have a largely early Roman date, representing a late focus of activity within the property after the remainder had been abandoned. It might be noted that this late focus was adjacent to the branch road and not Watling Street. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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: #106442 gully, ]

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1418Part of: 'Property 11' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)