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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 296 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Linear Prehistoric Features, Ebbsfleet Valley |
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Summary
Three early Roman linear ditches adjcent to the Roman Bath-house. Excavated during the CTRL mitigation.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6167 7407 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 120 AD)
Associated Finds
- BOWL (Roman - 70 AD to 100 AD)
- JAR (Roman - 70 AD to 100 AD)
Full description
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Three linear ditches which originally appeared to be earlier than the Roman occupation of the site.
Ditch 15756 extended north-south some 45 m from the northern edge of excavation before turning to the west and continuing for 55 m. It was 1.50 m wide and 0.60 m deep and had a bowl-shaped profile. The fills generally consisted of light brown silty clay with occasional chalk and charcoal fragments. Pottery was generally consistent with an early Roman date. A high-shouldered, cordoned bowl and a wide-mouthed jar, both in Thameside grey ware were collected from upper fill and dated to AD 70–100. (2)
Ditch 15774 is a short, north–south orientated ditch, cut at the end of the 1st century or early in the 2nd century. The ditch extended for 20 m and was 2.50 m wide and 0.68 m deep. The ditch was generally filled in a single episode along its length, though three silty sand fills were recorded in one section. (2)
Ditch 15751 had filled completely in AD 160–200, with stratigraphic associations favouring a mid-2nd century terminal date. (2)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.
<2> 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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement. |
| <2> | Unpublished 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. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 38 | Part of: Northfleet Roman Villa Site, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument) |
