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Monument details

Summary

During evaluation trenching and excavation ahead of development at Springhead, a number of mid-late Iron Age features were uncovered including several pits, likely rubbish disposal pits. These were uncovered within the interior of a Late Iron Age enclosure. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• PIT (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

• CERAMIC (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• SHERD (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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During evaluation trenching and excavation ahead of development at Springhead, a number of mid-late Iron Age features were uncovered including several pits, likely rubbish disposal pits. These were uncovered within the interior of a Late Iron Age enclosure. One of these pits contained abundant fired clay fragments and pottery sherds within its upper fill. (1)

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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12271.

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