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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1682
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval pit, Springhead

Summary

During excavations undertaken In 2007/8 by Wessex archaeology ahead of development at Springhead, a Late Medieval Pit was uncovered containing ten sherds of Medieval pottery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6189 7287
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • QUERN (Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1299 AD?)
  • SHERD (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD)

Full description

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During excavations undertaken In 2007/8 by Wessex archaeology ahead of development at Springhead, a Late Medieval Pit was uncovered containing ten sherds of Medieval pottery alongside fragments of lava quernstone. (1)


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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2012, North Kent Community Church, Springhead, Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE18142.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. [Mapped feature: #106801 Pit, ]
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2012. North Kent Community Church, Springhead, Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report.