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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SW 96 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age - early Roman features, Boys Hall Road |
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Summary
A series of linear features were recorded near Boys Hall Road. These were found to contain some sherds of late Iron Age - early Roman pottery. The grog tempered pottery, when analysed, was not considered to be "Romanised".
| Grid Reference: | TR 0303 4083 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SW |
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| Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (DITCH, Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Two linear cut features dating to the Late Iron Age - early Romano-British periods were found meeting at right angles. Their infills contained lots of pottery.
Another set of linear features were recorded to the NW of the above these consisted of 3 parallel features one of which contained a single sherd of Late Iron Age pottery. The grog tempered pottery, when analysed, was not considered to be "Romanised"
Also at the eastern end of the site several Late Iron Age and Early Romano-British features were concentrated in trenches 1698TT and 1699TT. They are similar in nature and date to a series of slots and ditches found by OAU in the earlier excavations. The presence of late Iron Age and early Romano-British activity is also consistent with fieldwork carried out by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit in 1990 as part of a separate project immediately to the south of the railway line. Fieldwalking and trial trenching located at least three sites within this general date range. (1-3)
Additional information (4).
<1> Untitled Source, Museum of London unpub. report. Oct 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Boys Hall Road - Sevington Railhead: An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6951.
<3> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Boys Hall Road - Sevington Railhead An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6952.
<4> The Ashford Great Park Partnership, 1993, Great Park Ashford, Development Brief Consultation Draft (Unpublished document). SKE6818.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Museum of London unpub. report. Oct 1997. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1997. Boys Hall Road - Sevington Railhead: An Archaeological Evaluation. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1997. Boys Hall Road - Sevington Railhead An Archaeological Evaluation. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: The Ashford Great Park Partnership. 1993. Great Park Ashford, Development Brief Consultation Draft. |
