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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1455
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Large medieval trackway, Springhead

Summary

During archaeological excavations associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link from 2001-2003 found a substantial medieval trackway running along the western side of the Ebbsfleet river. The trackway was exposed over an area of 150 m and was up to 5 m wide. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TQ 6165 7269
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1400 AD?)

Associated Finds

HORSESHOE (Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1400 AD?)

Full description

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During archaeological excavations associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link from 2001-2003 a substantial medieval trackway running along the western side of the Ebbsfleet river was uncovered. The trackway was exposed over an area of 150 m and was up to 5 m wide, it comprised a chalk consolidation layer which lay above Roman and in some areas, alluvial deposits, with one or more gravel surfaces laid on top. Finds of horseshoes suggested a 14th century date. At its southern end the trackway was accompanied by a ditch flanking its southern side. (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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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XY	Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2010.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: #5099 trackway, ]