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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1352
Type of record:Monument
Name:Posthole, east of Springhead, Southfleet

Summary

During an evaluation in late 2003, a possible posthole of unknown date was discovered capped by a colluvial layer containing a number of flints including a scraper and retouched flake. (location accurate to the neartest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 619 728
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • POST HOLE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • WORKED FLINT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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During an evaluation in late 2003, Three pieces of worked flint were recovered from colluvial subsoils in Trench 1032, including a possible broken, retouched tool and two flakes, capping a small feature, possibly a posthole, containing a further possible flake. (1)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12271.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report. [Mapped feature: #19950 post hole, ]