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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1420 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman road-side shrine, Springhead |
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Summary
Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified what may have been a 3rd/4th century road-side shrine in the junction of Watling Street and a branch road. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6160 7270 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SHRINE (Roman - 260 AD? to 402 AD?)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 260 AD? to 402 AD?)
Full description
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Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identifiedwhat may have been a road-side shrine in the junction of Watling Street and a branch road. The shrine consisted of a rectangular arrangement of chalk footings c 3.3m x 2.6m. There was no structure apparent but the chalk edges were clearly defined. 17 coins were found within the shrine spanning AD 260-402. These seemed to represent deliberate deposition.(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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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>XY | Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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. [Mapped feature: #106356 shrine, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 1477 | Part of: Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument) |
