Monument record TQ 67 SW 482 - Early Medieval Building, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground

An early medieval sunken featured building.(1)

On the site of the Western Roman Complex, Saxon activity was limited to a single SFB (20186), orientated NE–SW and situated to the north-west of the main area of Roman activity. (2)

SFB 20186 was sub-rectangular in plan and measured 3.90 m in length by 3.25 m in width and 0.27 m in depth with a flattish base and steeply sloping sides, apart from at its south-western end which sloped
more gently. Two post-holes were cut through the base of the structure, one at the south-western end (20244) and another at the north-western (20242). (2)

The structure had three fills (20200, 20205, 20210), which produced a single sherd of residual Thameside/ Upchurch grey ware. (2)

Location accurate to 2m based on available information

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, Ebbsfleet Valley Detailed Mitigation Works, Northfleet, Kent: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12256.

<2> 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.