Park Wood Cottage, ARC PWC 99


Description:  Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Union Railways (South) Limited (URS) to carry out an archaeological evaluation of a site at Park Wood Cottage. The evaluation area was situated to the east of Station Road and alongside the Ashford to Folkestone railway, near the village of Mersham (centred on URL grid point 86820 18475: NGR grid point TR 06820 38475). The site is known as Park Wood Cottage (site code ARC PWC99: Environmental Statement Route Window 34).

Year Start:  1999

Year End:  2002

Country:  England

County:  Kent

District:  Ashford

Parish:  Smeeth

Named Location:  Park Wood Cottage

Named Location:  Mersham

Grid Reference:   TR068384

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 606800, 138400

Period:  20TH CENTURY , LATE IRON AGE, MEDIEVAL, ROMAN

Subject:  ANIMAL REMAINS, ANIMAL BONE, ARCHAEOLOGY, BOTTLE, BRICK, BUILDING, BURNT FLINT, CORE, DAUB, DEBITAGE, DITCH, EVALUATION, EXCAVATIONS (ARCHAEOLOGY)--ENGLAND, FENCE, FIELD SYSTEM, FLAKE, FOUNDATION, GULLY, JAR, LAYER, NAIL, PIT, POST HOLE, RIVET, ROOF TILE, SHERD, SPINDLE WHORL, STAKE HOLE, TILE, TREE THROW

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Associated Id: DOI: 10.5284/1044744
[ADS] Import RCN: PWCAP02-01

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Union Railways (South) Ltd
[Creator] Wessex Archaeology
[Creator] To be confirmed, currently stored at Wessex Archaeology

Bibliographic References: 

  • Union Railways (South) Limited [URS]. 1999a.Agreement for the Provision of Archaeological Services - Contract no. URS/400/ARC/0001.
  • Union Railways (South) Limited [URS]. 1999b. Archaeological Evaluation at Little Stock Farm (ARC LSF98), nr Mersham, Kent., unpublished client report no. 45993.
  • Union Railways (South) Limited [URS]. 1999c. Archaeological Evaluation at Park Wood Cottage (ARC PWC99), nr Mersham, Kent. Environmental Statement Route Window 34. Final Fieldwork Report. Union Railways (South) Ltd.
  • Union Railways (South) Limited [URS]. forthcoming. Archaeological Excavation at Little Stock Farm (ARC LSF99), nr Mersham, Kent. unpublished client report.
  • Union Railways Limited [URL]. 1994. Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Assessment of Historic and Cultural Effects - Final Report. (4 volumes).
  • Union Railways Limited [URL]. 1995. Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Assessment of Historic and Cultural Effects - Supplementary Fieldwork Report. (2 volumes).
  • Union Railways Limited [URL]. 1996. Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Assessment of Historic and Cultural Effects - Report on Geophysical Survey. (2 volumes).