Monument record TQ 67 SW 1560 - Neonatal burials within 2nd century Roman Temple at Springhead

Summary

In the south-west corner of the area in front of the temple was approximately one-third of a large storage vessel lying on its side and containing the remains of a neonate burial (pot burial 12224; Pl 2.22). This pot appears to have been broken in antiquity and re-used as a container for the burial, probably placed in a shallow hollow in the top of earlier ditch 12670. The disturbed remains of a second neonate (12214) found close by are thought possibly to derive from the same pot burial. (1) Possibly contemporary with this were the remains of three neonates, two (12307 and 12310) recovered from the upper part of the infill deposits in two of the rooms in the east wing of the temple, with another (12409) from similar deposits to the north of the central room. (1) Location accurate to 2m based on available information.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6168 7263 (1m by 0m)
Map sheet TQ67SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SOUTHFLEET, DARTFORD, KENT

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Full Description

<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 (Monograph). SKE31245.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: 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.

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2020 4:39PM