Monument record TR 03 NE 61 - Late Bronze Age site at Little Stock Farm

Summary

A late Bronze Age site was excavated in 1999 near Little Stock Farm prior to Channel Tunnel Rail Link construction works. A complex arrangement of archaeological features at the site have been dated to the late Bronze Age and late Iron Age, apparently representing subrectangular settlement enclosures. A number of archaeological features, including ditches and pits were distributed throughout the evaluation area. Dating evidence suggests that these features represent both late Iron Age/early Romano-British and medieval field systems. The former probably extend from a known Iron Age settlement centre located immediately to the west of Station Road, whilst the latter probably extend from a medieval settlement centre at or near the Park Wood Cottage farm buildings at the base of the slope to the east.

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Grid reference TR 06400 38625 (point)
Map sheet TR03NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SMEETH, ASHFORD, KENT

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Wessex Archaeology, 2001, Little Stock Farm (ARC LSF99) Post Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16508.

Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The prehistoric settlement at Little Stock Farm, Mersham, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series (Unpublished document). SKE16509.

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 1999, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Excavation at Little Stock Farm (Unpublished document). SKE6909.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 1999, Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Evaluation at Little Stock Farm (Unpublished document). SKE6911.

<3> OWA (Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture), 2006, Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16489.

<4> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2005, The Early Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16485.

<5> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

<6> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Unpublished document). SKE16596.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2001. Little Stock Farm (ARC LSF99) Post Excavation Assessment Report.
  • --- Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The prehistoric settlement at Little Stock Farm, Mersham, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1999. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Excavation at Little Stock Farm.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1999. Channel Tunnel Rail Link Archaeological Evaluation at Little Stock Farm.
  • <3> Unpublished document: OWA (Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture). 2006. Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2005. The Early Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Little Stock Farm (Ref: ARC LSF98) (EKE5101)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Little Stock Farm, Mersham (Ref: ARC LSF99) (EKE5100)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2012 4:12PM