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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1394
Type of record:Monument
Name:Mid Roman building Springhead, Northfleet

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found evidence of a 2nd to 3rd century building. The building lay only a few metres to the north of a 2nd century temple and was part of a wider ritual complex. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6181 7258
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found evidence of a 2nd to 3rd century building. The building lay only a few metres to the north of a 2nd century temple and was part of a wider ritual complex. Only the southern part of the building (structure 300157) was excavated. It overlay a succession of ciircular clay-floored structures (including 400041)and seems to have been c. 5m x 3.5m. On the basis of the pottery found at the site the building may have been constructed c. AD 150-175 and gone out of use c. AD 200. (1)


<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2010, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document). SKE31245.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYUnpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape. [Mapped feature: #106323 building, ]

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