In 2014 an archaeological evaluation took place at Oakland's Farm ahead of a proposed solar farm development (1).
It uncovered various features including a drip gulley from a possible roundhouse, ditches, postholes and a metalled roadway as well as a variety of Late Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts as well as some post-medieval artefactual evidence (1).

The report summarises the findings of the evaluation as follows:
"An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in August 2014 on
land at Oakland’s Farm, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent. Twelve trenches were excavated.
The trial trench evaluation has identified archaeological features within Trenches 5, 8, 9, 10
and 11. Within Trench 5, a drip gulley of a potential roundhouse was discovered. The drip
gulley revealed domestic activity in the form of pottery evidence, which has firmly dated the
feature to the 1st century BC/1st century AD. A pit or posthole possibly associated with the
roundhouse was located within the interior. A ditch was also located to the north-west; and a
metalled track-way further to the north-west, which was flanked either side by a ditch. It is
possible, due to the proximity of the east/west orientated ditch located north-west of the
roundhouse, that this feature may have formed part of a boundary, enclosing the
roundhouse. The north-east/south-west orientated metalled track-way may form part of an
access route into and through the possible enclosure. Although these features remain
undated it is possible that they formed part of a simple Late Iron Age/Early Roman enclosed
farmstead.
Isolated undated ditches were identified within Trenches, 8, 10 and 11. On the basis of their
shallow form/fills, they are assumed to be related to later, possibly post-medieval agricultural
field boundaries and drainage. The ditch located within Trench 9 may form part of a historic
field boundary, which can be positively dated to the 19th century AD, as a result the recovery
of an un-frogged complete brick from the ditch fill." (1)

Cotswold Archaeology, 2014, Land at Oakland’s Farm, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE31465.

<1> Cotswold Archaeology, 2014, Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Oakland's Farm, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31122.