The Museum of London Archaeology Service undertook an archaeological excavation on the site of Tutt Hill, to the south-east of Charing and to the north-west of Ashford, between the 6th and 7th of August 1998. The fieldwork forms part of a seried of evaluations which were added to the larger programme of archaeological investigations excavated in 1997 along the line of the future Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The aim was to assess the effect of construction of the new railway upon the cultural heritage.

Archaeological features of a recent date were recorded in four of the nine trenches. An undated stone wall foundation and ditch were located in another trench and two sherds of medieval pottery and one struck flint were also recovered(1).

One residual struck flint was discovered in topsoil.
Two sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from the subsoil in a single trench.
One trench revealed an undated and robbed stone wall and an undated ditch.
Four trial trenches contained pits, ditches and drains of modern date(1).

Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, Tutt Hill An Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE6970.

GSB Prospection, 1999, Geophysical Survey Report 99/07: Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section 1 (Unpublished document). SKe6973.

<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1998, Tutt Hill An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE6969.