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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 37 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible denehole |
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Summary
Possible denehole discovered during the cutting of a tramway at the bottom of the Ebbsfleet valley. It contained Roman pottery.
Location accurate to 20m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6163 7412 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DENE HOLE (roman pottery at base, Unknown date)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of a Roman villa revealed by excavations. A bath building with moasics was also excavated. Some medieval features and possible prehistoric pits also located within this area. |
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Full description
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[TQ 61637412] A "cave" at the bottom of the Ebbsfleet valley was broken into by a tramway which was cut in 1881. Roman pottery was found at the bottom (TQ 67 SW 1056) . The site is within 200 yds. of the old limit of the high tides (1). Nothing seen on the ground which is waste land (2). Additional bibliography and references (3,4, 5).
The shaft passed though old river deposits for 21ft. 6in to the arch in the chalk and then at 12ft 9in the water level was reached. It is unlikely the bottom of the cave has been discovered based on the size of other caves in the area. (1)
Location accurate to 20m based on available information
<1> 1881, Deneholes & Artificial Caves Arch J 38 1881 397-9 (FCJ Spurrell) (OS Card Reference). SKE39708.
<2> F1 ASP 16-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42141.
<3> Arch J 37 80 193-5 (J M Gatrill) (OS Card Reference). SKE36622.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 37 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3665.
<5> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1995 Feb, South Thames-Side Development Route IV (Unpublished document). SWX6940.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: 1881. Deneholes & Artificial Caves Arch J 38 1881 397-9 (FCJ Spurrell). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-64. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch J 37 80 193-5 (J M Gatrill). [Mapped feature: #17111 Denehole, ] |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 37 - October, 1964. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1995 Feb. South Thames-Side Development Route IV. |
