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Monument details

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 second cluster comprised a pair of pits, located approximately 30m to the east of the first group. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• PIT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

• BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
• DEBITAGE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
• KNIFE (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 second cluster comprised a pair of pits, located approximately 30m to the east of the first group. The pits were 0.6m apart and both sub circular, one was 1.1m in diameter and 0.31m in depth, while the second was 1.16m in diameter and 0.7m deep. Both contained dump deposits containing flints (mainly flakes and debitage) and pottery sherds. Notable among the finds were the large portion of a single vessel and two flint knives. (1)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document). SKE17943.

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