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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 271 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prehistoric feature, Springhead evaluation, Gravesend, Kent |
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Summary
A deposit of burnt flint and charcoal, probably of prehistoric date, identified during evaluation work at Springhead. It may represent part of a prehistoric boiling mound or spread of burnt flint adjacent to the river Ebbsfleet.
Location accurate to 5m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6166 7329 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
Full description
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A deposit of burnt flint and charcoal was recorded in one trench during evaluation work at Springhead. Its extent, date and thickness are unknown, but it may represent part of a prehistoric? (?neolithic/early bronze age) boiling mound or spread of burnt flint adjacent to the river Ebbsfleet. Neolithic activity has been recorded south of this spot in past excavation work [1 and 2].
Location accurate to 5m based on available information
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1997, Archaeological Evaluation at Springhead (ARC SPH95), Gravesend, Kent, Environmental Statement Route Window 13, Interim Report. (Unpublished document). SKE12217.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1997, Archaeological Evaluation at Springhead (ARC SPH95/STP 97), Kent, Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Environmental Statement Route Window 13. Final Fieldwork Report. (Unpublished document). SKE12218.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1997. Archaeological Evaluation at Springhead (ARC SPH95), Gravesend, Kent, Environmental Statement Route Window 13, Interim Report.. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1997. Archaeological Evaluation at Springhead (ARC SPH95/STP 97), Kent, Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Environmental Statement Route Window 13. Final Fieldwork Report.. |
