EVENT_NAME,EVENT_CODE,EVENT_TYPE,CONTRACTOR,DATE,GRID (NGR),PROJECT,COUNTY,DISTRICT,PARISH,SMR,SITE_TYPE,PERIOD:,METHOD:,PHASING:,ENVIRO:,FINDS:,GEOLOGY:,CONTEXT_NUM:,THREAT:,SAMPLE:,SUMMARY:,ARCHIVE:,ACC_NUM:
HONEYHILLS WOOD,ARC HHW98,EVALUATION,OAU,30/11/98-11/12/99,579954 157111,CTRL 420,KENT,MAIDSTONE,THURNHAM,,earthwork; woodland,LIA;RO,Series of 6 trenches hand excavated inside Honeyhills Wood adjacent to Thurnham Roman Villa.  These trenches were specified as detailed excavation.,No phasing completed as yet,Only one bulk sample of ditch fill was taken.,Only 2 sherds of pottery was recovered from this site which was insufficient to indicate a period of use.,Site is close to the foot of the North Downs on Gault Clay with localised areas of Chalk Head.  A variable drift deposit of silty clay and flints covered the solid geology to varying depths.,47,Channel tunnel rail link construction and associated working area will result in extensive ground disturbance,,"Trenches excavated in Honeyhills wood, immediately adjacent to the villa complex, demonstrated that Roman occupation did not extend into the wood, and strongly suggest that the wood was in existence when the Iron Age settlement and later villa complex were established. The western boundary ditch of the settlement enclosure closely follows the modern edge of the woodland. The earthworks in the wood, which do not form a clear pattern, were very shallow and were not associated with subsoil features. Insufficient artefactual material was recovered to indicate their date of origin.",OAU,