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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1668 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Group of early Bronze Age (Beaker) pits, Springhead |
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Summary
During excavations ahead of development at Springhead an area of early Bronze Age activity was identified. Within this two clusters of Beaker pits were uncovered. The first cluster comprised three or possibly four roughly circular pits, all containing dump deposits and organic remains. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6192 7283 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Finds
- ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Full description
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During excavations ahead of development at Springhead an area of early Bronze Age activity was identified. Within this two clusters of Beaker pits were uncovered. The first cluster comprised three or possibly four roughly circular pits, all containing dump deposits and burnt organic remains. The pits were between 1m and 2m apart and were quite small ranging between 0.6m and 1.05m in diameter and 0.26m and 0.4m in depth. They had steep, straight or concave sides and a concave or flat base. The dump deposits were rich in organic material including grain fragments. The pits contained a large quantity of worked flint including a broken arrowhead, scrapers in conjunction with large numbers of flakes and broken flakes. Beaker sherds were also located within the fills of several of the pits. A stone sealing layer of flint cobbles was located over one of the pits, this may represent a stone capping or perhaps the remains of a stone cairn or marker. (1)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document). SKE17943.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. [Mapped feature: #106643 pits, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1355 | Part of: Area of early Bronze Age activity, Springhead (Monument) |
