Source/Archive record (Monograph) SKE31245 - Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape

Title Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley. CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent. The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2010

Abstract/Summary

Report on the discoveries from archaeological investigations undertake in the Ebbsfleet valley ar Springhead and Northfleet near Gravesend Kent in connection with engineering works.

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Description

Unpublished Document

Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2015/66

Referenced Monuments (236)

  • 'Property 1' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 10' including blacksmiths workshop at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 11' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 12' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 2' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 3' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 4' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 5' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 6' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 7' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 'Property 9' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • 1st/2nd century aisled barn, Springhead (Monument)
  • 2nd century Roman temple preserved beneath slip-road, Springhead (Monument)
  • Approximate location of springs and ritual pool in early Roman period, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Bath of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Beam slot representing site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Blacksmiths workshop within Property 10 at Roman Settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Branch road from Roman Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Bronze Age cremation, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument)
  • Burials within enclosing ditch of Roman sanctuary complex, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Cluster of small early Roman pits, Springhead (Monument)
  • Cold room (frigidarium) of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Corn dryer associated with the site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Dene hole within property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Dene hole within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Denehole located close to mid Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Ditch and possible wall associated with early roman viewing platform, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Ditches within property two of Roman Roadside Settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Earliest Roman building at Northfleet Roman villa site (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Ditches (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Pits (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Post-hole (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Well (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Wood-lined pit (Monument)
  • Early / middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site - SFB 16635 (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site - SFB 16636 (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site - SFB 16637 (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site - SFB 16638 (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site - SFB 16699 (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet villa site (Monument)
  • Early Bronze age Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Building, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Settlement, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Early medieval sunken-feature building, Springhead - SFB 5809 (Monument)
  • Early medieval sunken-feature building, Springhead -SFB20186 (Monument)
  • Early medieval sunken-feature building, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Medieval tidal watermill pond spillway (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley - Dam and Pentrough (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley - Debris screen and Y shaped pile (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley - Mill Pond (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley - Undercroft (Monument)
  • Early Medieval Tidal Watermill, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20682 (Monument)
  • Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20685 (Monument)
  • Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20695 (Monument)
  • Early Prehistoric Site, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Pit 20726 (Monument)
  • Early Roman brick earth quarries, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Roman chalk quarries, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Roman hearth and possible associated structural feature, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Roman metalled road west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Gullies (Monument)
  • Early Roman metalled road west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Road (Monument)
  • Early Roman metalled road west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Roman Occupation Site, Ebbsfleet Valley - Cisterns (Monument)
  • Early Roman Occupation Site, Ebbsfleet Valley - Ditch (Monument)
  • Early Roman Occupation Site, Ebbsfleet Valley -Pits (Monument)
  • Early Roman Occupation Site, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Early Roman pit, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Roman road leading to ritual pool, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Roman structure close to Roman ritual springs, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Roman structure within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Early Roman trackway Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Early Roman trackway Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • East range at Northfleet Roman villa - post holes (Monument)
  • East range at Northfleet Roman villa (Monument)
  • Enclosing ditch to Roman sanctuary complex, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Fence line associated with Mid-Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Fence lines surrounding property 5 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Fence lines within 'Property 9' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Fenceline within 'Property 7' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • fenceline within 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Fencelines and possible gate to property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Fencelines associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Fencelines within property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Flint wall and remains of furnace and flue of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Fragmentary remains of an early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Group of 18 early Roman pits, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Group of burials possibly associated with mid Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Group of large sub rectangular pits containing animal and human remains, Springhead (Monument)
  • Group of Neonate burials associated with early roman viewing platform, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Group of seven early Roman pits and possible sunken-feature structure, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Group of shallow pits associated with possible building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Gullies associated with Watling Street within property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Gullies to north of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Gullies/fence lines within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Gully associated with Anglo-Saxon sunken feature building, Springhead (Monument)
  • Gully associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Gully associated with the site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Gully within 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Gullys associated with early Roman timber building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Hearth associated with Mid-Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Hearth associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Hot room (caldarium) of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Isolated inhumation within property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Large medieval trackway, Springhead (Monument)
  • Large oven or crop dryer associated with early roman viewing platform, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Large pit associated with Anglo-Saxon sunken feature building, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late Anglo-Saxon crop dryer, Springhead, Gravesend (Monument)
  • Late Anglo-Saxon crop dryers, Springhead, Gravesend (Monument)
  • Late Anglo-Saxon pit, Springhead, Gravesend (Monument)
  • Late iron Age enclosure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron Age enclosure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron Age pit group 1, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron Age pit group 2, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron Age pit group 3, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late Iron Age ritual site, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron Age sunken Terrace, Springhead (Monument)
  • Late iron age to early/middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Early Roman ditches (Monument)
  • Late iron age to early/middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Early Roman pits (Monument)
  • Late iron age to early/middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Iron Age gully (Monument)
  • Late iron age to early/middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet - Iron Age pits (Monument)
  • Late iron age to early/middle Roman activity west of Northfleet Roman villa, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Linear Prehistoric Features, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Malting oven discovered at Northfleet Roman Villa (Monument)
  • Medieval Boundary Ditch, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Medieval Boundary Ditch, Near Springhead Nursery, Springhead (Monument)
  • Medieval pit Near Springhead Nursery, Springhead (Monument)
  • Medieval tile kiln west of Springhead (Monument)
  • Mid Roman building Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Mid roman gully within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Mid roman oven within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Mid Roman structure within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Mid-Roman wall and possible building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Middle Saxon inhumation cemetery, Springhead (Monument)
  • Multi phased circular structure within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Multi phased early Roman structure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Neonatal burials within 2nd century Roman Temple at Springhead (Monument)
  • Neonate burial associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Northern boundary ditch for property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Northfleet Roman villa bath-house site (Monument)
  • Northfleet Roman villa western range aisled barn - external walls (Monument)
  • Northfleet Roman villa western range aisled barn - post holes (Monument)
  • Northfleet Roman villa western range aisled barn (Monument)
  • Part of a large early medieval cemetery, Springhead, Gravesend (Monument)
  • Pathway within property 5 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Pit containing neonate burial within 'Property 9' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible bath-house, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Possible beam slots within property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible boundary or screen associated with early Roman structure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible building within property 6 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible early Roman cenotaph, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible early Roman smithy close to Roman ritual springs, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible enclosure ditch with early Roman date, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible fence lines associated with early Roman timber building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Possible kiln or oven within 'Property 9' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Boundary Features, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible late iron age processional way, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible open sided timber structure within property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible Prehistoric Pits, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Possible quayside platform within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible screen or Ancillery structure associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Possible shelter within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible site of timber structure associated with mid Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Possible sunken feature building within property two of Roman Roadside Settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible sunken featured building within property 5 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Possible trackway associated with the site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • possible well or dene hole associated with possible building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Possible well or dene hole associated with Mid-Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Post holes and pit with early Roman date, Springhead (Monument)
  • Post-Medieval Timber Revetment, Ebbsfleet Valley (Monument)
  • Pot oven within 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Property boundaries for property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Property boundaries within property 12 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Rectangular enclosure associated with mid Roman structure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Ritual deposit within property 11 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Ritual shaft within Roman sanctuary complex, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roadside cemetery within property 12 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Roadside ditches associated with Roman Branch road and Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roman fence-lines / property boundaries, Springhead (Monument)
  • Roman fence-lines/ property boundaries at property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Roman northern 'viewing platform', Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roman pit alignment, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roman pottery, Near Springhead Nursery, Springhead (Findspot)
  • Roman Quay associated with Northfleet Villa (Monument)
  • Roman road-side shrine, Springhead (Monument)
  • Roman roadside settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Roman south 'viewing platform', Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roman structure, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Roman Watling Street, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Romano-British building within 'Property 7' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Room 10508 and flue in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Room 10509 in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Room 10563 in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Room 10624 in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Room 10697 in the Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Rubbish pits within 'Property 8' at Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Scatter of small pits associated with the site of Early Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Semi-sunken feature Roman building, Springhead (Monument)
  • Site of early Roman timber building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Site of gully associated with possible Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Six early Roman burials, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Small mid Roman quarries located close to temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Southern boundary wall and wall footings within property 6 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Southern range to Northfleet Roman Villa complex (Monument)
  • Sunken feature building within property 12 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Tank and associated drain within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30057 (Monument)
  • Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30107 (Monument)
  • Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet - SFB30119 (Monument)
  • Three early medieval sunken-feature buildings, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Three early Roman neonate burials, Springhead (Monument)
  • Two brickearth quarries within property 12 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Two early Roman ovens, Springhead (Monument)
  • Two shallow early Roman ditches, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Vagniacae (Springhead), Iron Age and Roman religious centre (Monument)
  • Wall and yard surface associated with mid Roman structure, Springhead (Monument)
  • Wall foundation associated with Mid-Roman building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Walled Roman Cemetery, Springhead, Southfleet (Monument)
  • Warm room (tepidarium) of Ebbsfleet Roman Villa Bath-House (Monument)
  • Water storage pit within property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Water tank associated with Mid-Roman temple building, Springhead, Northfleet (Monument)
  • Watercress beds, Springhead evaluation, Gravesend, Kent (Monument)
  • Watling Street Roman Road (Monument)
  • Well within property 10 in the Roman settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Well within property 3 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Well within property 4 of the Roman road side settlement, Springhead (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - L-shaped ditch (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Large pit (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Oven (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Rectangular enclosure (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground - Small rectangular enclosure (Monument)
  • Western Roman Complex, Ebbsfleet Valley Sports Ground (Monument)

Referenced Events (9)

  • EKE18150 Area A, Strip, map and sample excavation at Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00)
  • EKE18152 Area B, Strip, map and sample excavation at Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00)
  • EKE18153 Area C excavation, Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00)
  • EKE8581 CTRL Excavation Springhead Nursery, Southfleet: Excavation phase (Ref: ARC SHN02)
  • EKE18819 CTRL Excavation Springhead Nursery, Southfleet: Excavation phase (Ref: ARC SHN02)
  • EKE18820 CTRL Excavation Springhead Nursery, Southfleet: watching brief (Ref: ARC SHN02)
  • EKE18821 CTRL Excavation Springhead Nursery, Southfleet: watching brief (Ref: ARC SHN02)
  • EKE8575 Strip, map and sample, excavation work and watching brief at Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00)
  • EKE8576 Watching Brief at Springhead Roman Town, carried out during CTRL works (Ref: ARC SPH00)

Record last edited

May 5 2022 3:27PM