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Monument details

Summary

Four burnt-flint filled pits, linear features and the remains of a cremation burial suggesting the presence of an occupation site beneath Romano-British deposits.

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.

Monument Types

• CREMATION (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• FEATURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• PIT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• SITE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Associated Finds

• BURNT FLINT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Full description

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Four burnt-flint filled pits, linear features and the remains of a cremation burial suggesting the presence of an occupation site beneath Romano-British deposits.

Charcoal from the primary fill (context 20681) of pit 20682 produced a date of 3293±30 BP (NZA- 28249, 1670-1490 cal BC) and Pomoideae charcoal from pit 20685 (fill 20684), 3313±30 BP (NZA-28250, 1690-1510 cal BC). A further isolated pit, 20726 also containing abundant burnt flint was recorded to the south of pit group 20750. Salix/ Populus sp. roundwood charcoal produced a date of 3394±30 BP (NZA28398, 1770-1610 cal. BC).

Artefactual material was largely absent from these features, although the primary fill of 20682 produced a leaf-shaped arrowhead.

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 Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document).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

<3> Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.

<4> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2020, Prehistoric Ebbslfeet (Monograph). SKE54979.

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