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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1359 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Roman inhumation burials, Springhead |
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Summary
During excavations carried out at Springhead in 2007-2008 ahead of the development of the area, three, apparently isolated early Roman inhumation burials were uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
Grid Reference: | TQ 6210 7281 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- DISH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- JAR (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
Full description
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In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. Three inhumations were found, each with the head at the southern end of the grave. One grave had contained a coffin with a pot at the foot end. Only teeth crowns remained of the skeleton. Another grave had a 1st century AD Black-Burnished bowl near the chest and was a 35-55 male. The third had two small 1st century AD jars at the southern end of the grave and remains of a small lead or pewter dish were found on the east side though no skeletal material survived. (1)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document). SKE17943.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. [Mapped feature: #106785 burials, ] |