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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1362 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead |
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Summary
Excavations undertaken by Wessex Archaeology ahead of development at Springhead, revealed an isolated pit with a likely Anglo Saxon date. The dating is based on several finds including annular loomweights which are typically Saxon.(location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available informaiton)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6207 7290 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- LOOMWEIGHT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- QUERN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. An isolated Anglo-Saxon pit was found c.190m east of the large cemetery. The pit was 3m long, 1.5m wide and 0.74m deep. Although no pottery was found within it, pieces of lava quernstone and fragments of annular loomweights were recovered, both of which are typically Anglo-Saxon in date. (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at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document).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> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. |
