Monument record TR 04 SW 398 - Mid-Late Iron Age ditches

Summary

Series of ditches, one dated to the Mid-Late Iron Age, forming a possible droveway.

Location

Grid reference TR 0007 4374 (point)
Map sheet TR04SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Watching brief undertaken by SWAT Archaeology in 2010 during a road widening scheme between M20 Junction 9 and Drovers Roundabout. A series of ditches, one dated to the Mid-Late Iron Age were found, forming a possible droveway. (1)

In 2013 an evaluation was carried out by Archaeology South-East. A number of undated ditches were found in the area, these possibly form part a field system. (2)


<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2011, Archaeological Watching Brief on land at the M20 Junction 9 and Drovers Roundabout, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17080.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2013, An Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land at Drovers Roundabout, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE18164.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2011. Archaeological Watching Brief on land at the M20 Junction 9 and Drovers Roundabout, Ashford, Kent.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2013. An Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land at Drovers Roundabout, Ashford, Kent.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation of land at Drovers Roundabout, Ashford (Ref: DRA 13) (EKE12630)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief of a footbridge and road widening at M20 Junction 9 and Drovers Roundabout (Ref: M20/WB/10) (EKE11347)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2013 2:23PM