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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1403 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman fence-lines / property boundaries, Springhead |
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Summary
Excavation in 2002-3 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project found fence lines that divided possible Roman properties.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6166 7264 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FENCE (Roman - 180 AD? to 280 AD?)
Full description
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Excavation in 2002-3 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project found fence lines that divided possible Roman properties. Two lines of fence posts were found that divided 'proprty 2a' (a temple) from 'property 2a' to the west and 'property 3' to the north.
The northern boundary was marked by 11 substantial post holes extending for 20 m. A further, more irregular line of post holes defined an additional fence line south-west of the property.(1)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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> | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1407 | Part of: 'Property 2' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1477 | Part of: Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
