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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1686
Type of record:Monument
Name:Late Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead, Gravesend

Summary

During excavations associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail link a number of Anglo Saxon features were uncovered, which together provided evidence of occupation within the area. The features included a pit. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6141 7403
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • STORAGE PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 850 AD? to 900 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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During excavations associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail link a number of Anglo Saxon features were uncovered, which together provided evidence of occupation within the area. The features included a pit. The pit was positioned approximately 11m to the north of a Saxon sunken feature building, it was defined by a sub oval pit oriented NW–SE, measuring 2.40 m long by a maximum of 0.40 m deep, with steeply sloping sides rounding to a flattish base. The width of the feature ranged from 1.4 m to 1.1 m. No structural post-holes or other related features were found within or in the vicinity of the pit. Pottery and bone was recovered from the fills, along with a copper alloy loop. (1-3)


<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2010, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document). SKE31245.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.

<3> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports (Monograph). SKE32437.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape. [Mapped feature: #106816 pit, ]
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report.
<3>Monograph: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 299Part of: Early Medieval Settlement, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)