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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1661
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Mid roman oven within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead

Summary

Grid Reference:	TQ 6157 7273
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

OVEN (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, an oven with a mid-Roman date was uncovered. This was located in the north eastern corner of the property alongside several other features with a mid-Roman date which appear to represent a late focus of activity within the property after the remainder had been abandoned. The oven was a keyhole shape and contained sherds of mid 3rd century pottery. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY	Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #106443 oven, ]

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1418

Part of: 'Property 11' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)