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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1450
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead

Summary

Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found an early Anglo-Saxon pit that contained an iron Visigothic Estagel-type brooch dated to the late 5th/early 6th century, pottery sherds of at least two vessels and animal bones.(location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TQ 6167 7329
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 480 AD? to 720 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • BARLEY GRAIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WHEAT GRAIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 470 AD? to 530 AD?)
  • POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 475 AD? to 525 AD?)

Full description

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Excavation in 2000-2002 carried out as part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link found an early Anglo-Saxon pit that contained an iron Visigothic Estagel-type brooch dated to the late 5th/early 6th century, pottery sherds from at least two vessels, and animal bones. The pit was only partly exposed but was probably bowl shaped with a maximum recorded diameter of 1.45m and a depth of 0.25m. (1-3)


<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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.

<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports (Monograph). SKE32437.

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: #106815 pit, ]
<2>Monograph: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2011. Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. Volume 4: Saxon and Later Finds and Environmental Reports.