A rectagular feature , interpreted as a probable cenotaph was located close to and is possibly associated with the Roman Road running towards the riutual pools. The pit was rectangular, measuring 1.80 m by 1.35 m and 0.85 m deep, and had vertical sides and a flat base. No human bone was recovered from this feature, but a dog and a chicken had been placed on the base against the north-west edge, a small pot in the south corner, and a Central Gaulish colour-coated hairpin beaker towards the north. Nothing of interest was recovered from sieving the contents of this beaker which has a suggested date range of AD 65/70–80. Four iron tacks, four larger nails, and a fragment of strip in the south-eastern half of the pit hint at the presence of a box in this area, although no evidence for such was discerned within the fill of the pit. (1-2)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.

<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.