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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1396
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman structure, Springhead, Northfleet

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found a rectangular structure c. 4.5m x 6m in size. The structure contained a small hearth and an oven. A poppyhead beaker was placed on the oven after it went out of use. The building went out of use c. AD 170. Immediately to the north were two cobbled yard surfaces. (Location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TQ 6183 7262
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • HEARTH (Roman - 150 AD? to 200 AD?)
  • OVEN (Roman - 150 AD? to 200 AD?)
  • WALL (Roman - 150 AD? to 200 AD?)
  • YARD (Roman - 150 AD? to 200 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Roman - 130 AD? to 170 AD)

Full description

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Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found a rectangular structure c. 4.5m x 6m in size. The structure contained a small hearth and a large oven. A poppyhead beaker was placed on the oven after it went out of use. The building went out of use c. AD 170. The date of this beaker suggests an end date AD. 170 for the building as well. The building’s alignment broadly followed that of early Roman terrace over which it is located. The foundations were shallow, approximately 0.75 m wide, and comprised a mixture of mainly crushed chalk – along with some larger pieces, flint nodules and occasional patches of mortar, presumably providing the base for a timber structure. Two successive yard surfaces, both comprising flint cobbles set in chalk foundation layers were located to the south of it. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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: #4620 building, ]

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