Monument record TQ 67 SW 1355 - Area of early Bronze Age activity, Springhead

Summary

Early Bronze Age activity was found across part of the site in the form of Beaker and Collared Urn fragments but also two small clusters of pits and a variety of other features.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6197 7282 (115m by 93m)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

In 2007/8 Wessex Archaeology carried out a programme of works. An area of the site contained a number of Early Bronze Age features, with material of this date also recovered from later features in the same area. Two small clusters of Beaker pits were found. Material from these pits included grain and weed seeds, a large number of worked flints, including 34 scrapers from one pit and sherds of pottery. Flintworking debris had been dumped in the pits, one pit contained an arrowhead roughout. Flints were refitted from different pits, suggesting that the pits had been open at the same time and received dumps of material from the same source. One of the pits had flints placed against the edges of the pit, presumably deliberately. Another possibly deliberately placed deposit was found at the base of a pit, consisting of a set of tools - four end-scrapers, two backed knives, a broken blade and a hammerstone, with sherds of pottery. This was all associated with a large quantity of hazelnuts. Other features included three post holes in a triangular arrangement and clay-lined pits. Parts of a field system (TQ 67 SW 1356) may have been established in this period. A number of the ditches had Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age objects in basal fills or in termini. An un-urned cremation burial was also found, it was dated to this period on the basis of proximity to other features. (1)


<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design (Unpublished document). SKE17943.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Investigations at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report and Updated Project design. [Mapped feature: #106642 Bronze Age activity, ]

Finds (9)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

Related Events/Activities (12)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Springhead Quarter, Northfleet: trench 1019 (Ref: 54924.01) (EKE18549)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Springhead Quarter, Northfleet: trench 1020 (Ref: 54924.01) (EKE18550)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Springhead Quarter, Northfleet: trench 1029 (Ref: 54924.01) (EKE18559)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation work at Springhead, Gravesend, Kent - Trial Trench 1185 (Ref: 43501b) (EKE18074)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation work at Springhead, Gravesend, Kent - Trial Trench 1186 (Ref: 43501b) (EKE18075)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation work at Springhead, Gravesend, Kent - Trial Trench 1187 (Ref: 43501b) (EKE18076)
  • Event Boundary: Evaluation work at Springhead, Gravesend, Kent. (Ref: 43501b) (EKE8528)
  • Event Boundary: Excavation of two areas at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet (Ref: 58847.02) (EKE12369)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation of two areas at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet (Ref: 58847.02) (EKE18677)
  • Event Boundary: Strip, map and sample of two areas at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet (Ref: 58847.02) (EKE12370)
  • Intrusive Event: Strip, map and sample of two areas at Springhead Quarter (Phase II), Northfleet (Ref: 58847.02) (EKE18678)
  • Event Boundary: Strip, map and sample, excavation work and watching brief at Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00) (EKE8575)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2020 12:16PM