Mersham (East of), ARC EMM 98


Description:  The area under investigation was located to the north of the existing London to Folkestone railway. It was bounded to the east by open farmland, to the north by private housing, and immediately to the west by fields recently the subject of an archaeological excavation by CAT on behalf of URS and interpreted as a medieval metalworking site (ARC MSH 98). A total of ten trenches was excavated, archaeological features being identified in two of these. The features were interpreted as a series of pits, and a large ditch. The ditch is believed to be the continuation of a ditch observed in the area previously excavated, and thought to represent the southern boundary to the site. The density of features encountered was low, and no direct evidence for metalworking was evident. Despite this the presence of the identified features tentatively suggests that the original limits of the medieval metalworking site continued eastwards into the study area.

Year Start:  1998

Year End:  2002

Country:  England

County:  Kent

District:  Ashford

Parish:  Mersham

Named Location:  East of Mersham

Grid Reference:   TR053392

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 605350, 139200

Period:  20TH CENTURY , 21ST CENTURY, EARLY MEDIEVAL, IRON AGE, POST MEDIEVAL

Subject:  ARCHAEOLOGY, BRICK, DAUB, DITCH, EVALUATION, EXCAVATIONS (ARCHAEOLOGY)--ENGLAND, FEATURE, LINEAR DITCH, METAL WORKING SITE, PEG TILE, PIT, POND, SHERD, TILE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Associated Id: DOI: 10.5284/1044707
[ADS] Import RCN: MEAE02-01

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Union Railways (South) Ltd
[Creator] Canterbury Archaeological Trust
[Creator] Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd., 92a Broad Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2LU.

Bibliographic References: 

  • URS 1999 ARC EMM 98 Archaeological Evaluation Report. East Of Mersham, Union Railways (South) Ltd.