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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 364 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Two prehistoric ditches east of Springhead |
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Summary
During an archaeological evaluation in 2003 two ditches were found capped by 21 flints and Roman artefacts. Later excavations revealed that these ditches formed part of a large Bronze age field system (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 61900 73028 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC? to 409 AD?)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Undated)
Full description
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During an archaeological evaluation in 2003 two ditches were found capped by flints and Roman artefacts.Twenty-one pieces of worked flint were recovered in total from this trench. Seventeen of these were recovered from a colluvial subsoil, while a further four pieces of worked flint, and also burnt flint were located within the single fill of the ditch. (1) Later excavations across the area revealed an extensive Bronze Age field system of which the ditches dicovered here likely formed part. (2)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12271.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2004. Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report. [Mapped feature: #108115 ditch, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1356 | Part of: Bronze Age field system, Springhead (Monument) |
