Monument record TQ 76 SE 86 - Late Iron Age / Roman ditches and trackway at the White Horse Stone and Pilgrim's Way site

Summary

Late Iron Age / Roman ditches and a trackway running N-S which may be part of the Rochester-Hastngs road.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7518 6029 (180m by 287m) (3 map features)
Map sheet TQ76SE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Excavations undertaken around the White Horse Stone site in the Medway Valley between Oct 1998-Mar 1999 by Oxford Archaeology. The site consisted of three areas along the CTRL line; from west to east: the ‘White Horse Stone site’, the ‘Pilgrim’s Way site’, and the ‘West of Boarley Farm site’.

The settlement appears to have been abandoned by the late Iron Age, though ditches containing Roman pottery respect its perimeters. The fields were thus probably still farmed. A track running N-S across the White Horse and Pilgrim's Way sites is presumed to form part of the Roman Rochester-Hastings road. (1)

Additional bibliography. (2-3)


<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Prehistoric Landscape at White Horse Stone, Aylesford, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series (Unpublished document). SKE16368.

<2> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2005, The Late Iron Age and Roman Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16488.

<3> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. The Prehistoric Landscape at White Horse Stone, Aylesford, Kent: CTRL Integrated Site Report Series.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2005. The Late Iron Age and Roman Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture. 2006. Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavation around the White Horse Stone site along the CTRL line (EKE10645)

Record last edited

Oct 17 2012 1:19PM