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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 301 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post-Medieval Timber Revetment, Ebbsfleet Valley |
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Summary
A single timber revetment on wetlands and some drainage ditches of probable post-medieval date. Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6158 7411 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- REVETMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 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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A single timber revetment on wetlands and some drainage ditches of probable post-medieval date.(1)
The structure comprised one elm and three oak planks, all displaying saw marks, set on edge and
supported by a total of six oak piles, two along the south side and four along the north side. The total length of the structure was 3.35 m. The function of the structure is difficult to determine, but it could represent merely a simple revetment of a short stretch of the bank Ebbsfleet, perhaps to facilitate the loading or unloading of a small boat, or even provide a rudimentary fishing platform. The presence of clay pipe fragments in deposits surrounding the structure confirms the postmedieval
date implied by the saw marks. (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 Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document).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 (Monograph). 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> | Monograph: 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. |
