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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 and postholes all 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)
• POST HOLE (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• TREE THROW (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

• CEREAL GRAIN (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• LOOMWEIGHT (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 and postholes all uncovered within the interior of a Late Iron Age enclosure. A tree throw was also encountered within this enclosure, the fill of this feature contained two triangular loom weights. The function of these pits and post holes is not clear, some may have been used to deposit waste and charcoal was uncovered within the fill of several of them as well as rich samples of ceral remains. (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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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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