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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 312 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Boundary Features, Springhead |
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Summary
A pair of shallow gullies which may have formed part of an enclosure or field system adjacent to the Ebbsfleet. Possibly of Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6169 7307 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC? (at some time))
- ENCLOSURE? (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC? (at some time))
- GULLY (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC? (at some time))
Full description
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During excavations undertaken ahead of works associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at Springhead, near Gravesend, a pair of Shallow gullies were uncovered. These were located towards the northern end of the site, approximately 90 to each other. They may have formed part of an enclosure or field system adjacent to the Ebbsfleet. The dating of theses gullies is provisional, and they have been tentatively assigned a late Bronze Age or early Iron Age date. (1-2) Further excavations at springhead, to the east of these features, revealed evidence of a Bronze Age field system, it is possible that these gullies are associated with this collection of features. (3)
Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.
<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Springhead Quarter: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Trial Trench Evaluation, Ebssfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE17952.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,. 2012. Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4.. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report. |
| <2>XY | 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. [Mapped feature: #106810 Ditches, ] |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Springhead Quarter: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Trial Trench Evaluation, Ebssfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report. |
