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Monument details

Summary

Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a 1st/2nd century aisled barn within 'Property 12' at Springhead. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• AISLED BARN (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)
• PIT (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)
• WALL (Roman - 50 AD? to 150 AD?)

Associated Finds

• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 50 AD? to 300 AD?)

Full description

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Excavations in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2002-3 identified a number of property boundaries west of the Ebbsfleet. 'Property 12' (TQ 67 SW 1419) contained a number of features including an aisled barn.

Only the rear part could be excavated but this showed it to be 10m wide and a maximum of c. 22m long. It was probably constructed in the later 1st century and continued in use until the second half of the 2nd century. It was cut by two pits, one of which contained 3rd century pottery. The outside wall was represented by insubstantial flint and chalk footings, c. 0.3m wide but the inner walls were thicker, up to 0.8m wide. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.

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