Source/Archive record (Unpublished document) SKE31455 - Sevington West, Sevington, Ashford, Kent: Archaeological Walkover Survey, Metal Detecting Survey and Evaluation Trenching

Title Sevington West, Sevington, Ashford, Kent: Archaeological Walkover Survey, Metal Detecting Survey and Evaluation Trenching
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Date/Year 2012

Abstract/Summary

The report details the results of an archaeological Walkover Survey, Metal Detecting Survey, and Evaluation Trenching carried out on land at Sevington West. Taken from the report: "Wessex Archaeology was commissioned … to undertake a site walkover survey, metal detecting survey and archaeological field evaluation on land at Sevington West, Ashford, Kent centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 604932 14085. The Site is being considered for future commercial use and will comprise the construction of a number of distribution warehouses, with associated access and landscaping. The walkover survey and metal detecting survey comprised a 12.5% sample of the study area. The archaeological evaluation comprised the mechanical excavation of 101 trenches measuring 30m by 2m, comprising a 2% sample of the area of proposed development. Only a small number of the trenches contained archaeological remains and the majority of those features appeared to be small scale undated field boundaries, drainage ditches or discrete features…The limited quantity of artefacts recovered from the topsoil and subsoil during the metal detecting survey supports the findings of the archaeological evaluation and demonstrates the low level of archaeological activity across the majority of the Site."

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Description

Unpublished Document

Location

Kent County Council Heritage 2015/275

Referenced Monuments (10)

  • Late Prehistoric pit, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Mid-Late Bronze Age pit and a stone lined drainage ditch, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Possible medieval Occupation Site, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Post Medieval Metallic finds, Sevington West (Findspot)
  • Prehistoric Flint, Sevington West (Findspot)
  • Prehistoric Pottery, Sevington West (Findspot)
  • Undated Ditch, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Undated Ditches, a pit and postholes, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Undated Field Boundary Ditches, Sevington West (Monument)
  • Undated gully terminus, Sevington West (Monument)

Referenced Events (3)

  • EKE14904 SEVINGTON WEST: Archaeological Walkover Survey (Ref: Project Title: Sevington)
  • EKE14899 SEVINGTON WEST: Evaluation Trenching, 2012 (Ref: Project Title: Sevington)
  • EKE14900 SEVINGTON WEST: Metal Detector Survey (Ref: Project Title: Sevington)

Record last edited

Dec 7 2016 4:41PM