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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1056
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Roman Pottery found in possible denehole

Summary

Roman Pottery found in possible denehole

A "cave" at the bottom of the Ebbsfleet valley was broken into by a tramway which was cut in 1881. Roman pottery was found at the bottom.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6163 7412
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status:	Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of a Roman villa revealed by excavations. A bath building with moasics was also excavated. Some medieval features and possible prehistoric pits also located within this area.

Full description

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[TQ 61637412] A "cave" at the bottom of the Ebbsfleet valley was broken into by a tramway which was cut in 1881. Roman pottery was found at the bottom. The site is within 200 yds. of the old limit of the high tides. (1) Nothing seen on the ground which is waste land. (2) Additional bibliography. (3,4)

Location accurate to 100m based on available information.

<1> 1881, Deneholes & Artificial Caves Arch J 38 1881 397-9 (FCJ Spurrell) (OS Card Reference). SKE39708.

<2> F1 ASP 16-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42141.

<3> Arch J 37 80 193-5 (J M Gatrill) (OS Card Reference). SKE36622.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 37 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3665.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: 1881. Deneholes & Artificial Caves Arch J 38 1881 397-9 (FCJ Spurrell).
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-OCT-64.
<3>	OS Card Reference: Arch J 37 80 193-5 (J M Gatrill).
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SW 37 - October, 1964.

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Part of: Workshops, Newtown Railway Works (Monument)