During excavations undertaken ahead of works associated with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at Springhead, near Gravesend, a pair of Shallow gullies were uncovered. These were located towards the northern end of the site, approximately 90 to each other. They may have formed part of an enclosure or field system adjacent to the Ebbsfleet. The dating of theses gullies is provisional, and they have been tentatively assigned a late Bronze Age or early Iron Age date. (1-2) Further excavations at springhead, to the east of these features, revealed evidence of a Bronze Age field system, it is possible that these gullies are associated with this collection of features. (3)

Wenban-Smith FF, et al.,, 2012, Prehistoric Ebbsfleet: Excavations and Research in Advance of High Speed 1 and STDR 4. (Monograph). SKE32262.

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2003, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document).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

<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.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Springhead Quarter: Phase 2 & Phase 3 Trial Trench Evaluation, Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE17952.