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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1673 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Bronze age cremation burial, Springhead |
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Summary
During excavations ahead of development at Springhead an area of early Bronze Age activity was identified. Within this a small and truncated un-urned cremation burial was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6196 7281 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (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 a small and truncated un-urned cremation burial was uncovered. This contained 134g of cremated human bone which represents the remains of an adult. Though un-urned cremation burials are generally indicative of middle or later Bronze age funerary practices, the spatial location of this feature close to other features of Neolithic or Early Bronze age date is unlikely to be coincidental. (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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008.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: #106659 burial, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1355 | Part of: Area of early Bronze Age activity, Springhead (Monument) |
