The Oxford Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Union Railways (South) Ltd to conduct a field evaluation of land situated to the south-west of the A20 and south-east of Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent. The work was carried out between 28th Sept and 2nd Oct 1998.

Five evaluation trenches were excavated in an area of 1.6ha. A pit and a ditch at the south end of the site produced a small assemblage of Iron Age and Roman pottery. The majority of the pottery (74% by weight) of the pottry was recovered from the pit. The features were shallow and appeared to have been truncated by later ploughing. A colluvial deposit which post-dates the features produced redeposited sherds of probable Iron Age date, late Iron Age/early Roman pottery and a single sherd of 2nd - mid 3rd century pottery as well as post medieval tile. A single undated ditch cut the colluvium and is likely to be post medieval in date. (1-2)

Subsequent excavation revealed more featues: An additional 4 ditches and 1 pit. 1 Mid-Late Iron Age ditch; 1 Early Roman ditch; 2 undated ditches; 1 Mid-Late Iron Age pit. (2)

Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2000, Lodge Wood: Post Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16478.

<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1998, Lodge Wood, Ashford, Kent Archaeological Evaluation Report. (Unpublished document). SKE6953.

<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, Lodge Wood, Ashford, Kent Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report. (Unpublished document). SKE6954.