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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 299
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Early Medieval Settlement, Ebbsfleet Valley

Summary

An early medieval settlement comprising of nine early medieval sunken feature buildings located in and around the site of the Northfleet Villa site (TQ 67 SW 38 & 1001). A tidal mill (TQ 67 SW 298) Millpond spillway and pond(1&2).

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6152 7408
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FISH TRAP (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
GRUBENHAUS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD? (at some time))
SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD? (at some time))
POST HOLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 480 AD to 720 AD)
MILL POND (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 691 AD to 720 AD)
SPILLWAY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 691 AD to 720 AD)
WATERMILL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 691 AD to 720 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.

Full description

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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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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.
<1>	Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1450	Parent of: Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 1451	Parent of: Early medieval sunken-feature building, Springhead -SFB20186 (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 1458	Parent of: Early Medieval tidal watermill pond spillway (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 298	Parent of: Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 1686	Parent of: Late Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead, Gravesend (Monument)
TQ 67 SW 1452	Parent of: Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet (Monument)