Monument record TQ 57 SE 256 - Late Iron Age and Roman field boundaries, ditches and pits north west of High Cross, Dartford
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 59319 71181 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ57SE |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | BEAN, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (9)
- DITCH (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- DITCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- PIT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- POST HOLE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- PIT (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GRAIN DRIER (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
Full Description
A series of field boundaries were located that were interpreted as part of a prehistoric field system. An interrupted field enclosure ditch of probable late iron age/Roman date and part of a wider system was also found and dated by pottery finds.
Further east a series of postholes and small pits produced pottery of late bronze age/early iron age date. These were cut by further pits and postholes of late iron age/Roman date. Some of these contained briquetage, indicating on-site salt production. Further east more late iron age/early Roman ditches were found that may have been part of the wider enclosure system.A corn-drier or malting oven was also noted though not excavated. Given the briquetage it may have been related to salt woking though.
A number of additional linears contained 1st-2nd century pottery. These were probably part of a field system.(1)
Additional Bibliography: (2)
Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2007, Archaeological excavation along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby water main (Unpublished document). Ske15695.
<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2007, Archaeological excavation along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby water main (Unpublished document). SKE15695.
<2> Oxford Archaeology, 2008, Excavations along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby pipeline: prehistoric to medieval activity (Unpublished document). SKE16688.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SKE15695 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2007. Archaeological excavation along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby water main.
- <1> SKE15695 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 2007. Archaeological excavation along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby water main.
- <2> SKE16688 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2008. Excavations along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby pipeline: prehistoric to medieval activity.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Intrusive Event: Assessment of excavation along the route of the Eynsford to Horton Kirby Water Main (Ref: Job: 3618) (EKE10058)
Record last edited
Sep 7 2016 1:12PM