Excavation in 2000-2002 found at least six early Roman burials to the south of a road leading to a ritual pool. The burials date to the 1st century AD and include 4 neonatal burials, 1 adult female in a box or casket and an infant.

Two of the neonatal burials were in graves. The remaining graves contained pottery vessels dating to c. AD 65/70 to 85 (1,2,3). One was of a female aged c.25-35 years old placed in a box or casket with a lock plate. There were four pottery vessels, a flagon on top of a dish and a jar on top of a bowl. There was also a chatelaine or suspension chain, animal bone and charcoal from the burial included honeysuckle and clematis. The final burial was an infant of 6-9 months. The grave was unusual with two distinctive fills at each end. There was evidence of a coffin but the human remains were not within it.(1-2)

<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.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological works at Springhead Roman Town (ARC SPH00): interim fieldwork report (Unpublished document). SKE31600.