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Monument details

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)

Monument Types

• EXTENDED INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)

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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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.

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