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Monument details

Summary

After c. AD 120 the large NW-SE aligned building on the site was demolished and replaced with a north-south aligned structure, 22m x 9m in size. The building had stone footings and timber or daub elevations but covered in limewash or stone. It was set in an industrial landscape comprising a limekiln, wells and cisterns. C. AD 150 a new range of rooms was added to the west and north. Shortly afterwards much of the building was demolished to be replaced by a large aisled building measuring 39m x 13m. During the 3rd century the building became disused, possibly aided by a fire. A new bath-suite was, however, constructed in the east of the building.

Monument Types

• LIME KILN (Roman - 120 AD? to 200 AD?)
• PIT (Roman - 120 AD? to 250 AD?)
• POST HOLE (Roman - 120 AD? to 250 AD?)
• VILLA (Roman - 120 AD? to 380 AD?)
• WELL (Roman - 144 AD? to 220 AD?)
• BATH HOUSE (Roman - 250 AD? to 280 AD?)

Associated Finds

• ASSEMBLAGE (Roman - 120 AD to 380 AD)

Full description

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Excavations associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail lin in 2001 discovered extensive evidence of a Roman villa complex at Northfleet (see TQ 67 SW 38).

After c. AD 120 the large NW-SE aligned building on the site (see TQ 67 SW 1425) was demolished and replaced with a north-south aligned structure, 22m x 9m in size. The building had stone footings and timber or daub elevations but covered in limewash or stone. It was set in an industrial landscape comprising a limekiln, wells and cisterns. C. AD 150 a new range of rooms was added to the west and north. Shortly afterwards much of the building was demolished to be replaced by a large aisled building measuring 39m x 13m. During the 3rd century the building became disused, possibly aided by a fire. A new bath-suite was, however, constructed in the east of the building. Part of this remained operational in the 3rd century and perhaps into the 4th century(1-7)

Location accurate to 1m 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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.

<3> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 1 Report (Unpublished document). SKE12220.

<4> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet Kent, ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evalaution: Volume 2 Appendices (Unpublished document). SKE12221.

<5> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, The Ebbsfleet Valley, Northfleet, Kent: ARC EFT 97: Archaeological Evaluation: Volume 3 Figures and Plates (Unpublished document). SKE12222.

<6> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.

<7> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2001, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Ebbsfleet Sports Ground, Northfleet, ARC ESG00, Phase 2 Evaluation Archaeological Works Fieldwork Report Final (Unpublished document). SKE12227.

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