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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1456 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Boundary Ditch, Near Springhead Nursery, Springhead |
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Summary
A wide shallow south-west to north-east medieval ditch found during Channel Tunnel Rail Link excavations 2001-2003. The ditch contained five medieval sherds of probable 13th century date. A small nearby scoop also contained medieval pottery (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6155 7278 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1299 AD? (at some time))
Associated Finds
Full description
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A wide shallow south-west to north-east medieval ditch found during Channel Tunnel Rail Link excavations 2001-2003. The ditch was revealed during two investigations, the first portion ran SW-NE and corresponded closely with the existing boundary between Springhead Nursery and the field to the north-west. This ditch was c 6.50 m wide and 1.25 m deep with an open U-shaped profile, with no evidence for re-cutting. The ditch contained five medieval sherds of probable 13th century date. A small nearby scoop also contained medieval pottery. Approximately 60 m to the north-east of this ditch were parts of what may have been the same feature, represented by two lengths of ditch. They were, however, on a slightly different alignment. The first of these two lengths was only 1m wide whereas the second length was up to 5 m wide and rather more sinuous, perhaps created in part by water run-off where the ditch joined the Ebbsfleet channel. (1-2)
<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 The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape (Unpublished document).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> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Works at Springhead, Kent: Park Corner Road, Pepperhill Café, Pepperhill Tunnel, South of the A2, West of Springhead Nursery (Unpublished document). SKE12265.
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: #106817 ditch, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2003. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Works at Springhead, Kent: Park Corner Road, Pepperhill Café, Pepperhill Tunnel, South of the A2, West of Springhead Nursery. |
