Rady, J. and MacIntosh, A. (2018). Land at to Ulcombe Road, Headcorn - Archaeological evaluation report. Canterbury Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1055502. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at to Ulcombe Road, Headcorn - Archaeological evaluation report
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Series:		 Canterbury Archaeological Trust unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust on land adjacent to Ulcombe Road, Headcorn, Kent (NGR: 583300 144700). The works were commissioned by the Chartway Group Ltd in preparation for redevelopment, comprising the construction of up to 220 residential dwellings and associated infrastructure. The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of 59 trenches, 20-30m in length and 1.6-1.8m in width, representing an approximate 3.5% sample of the total proposed development area of 8.33ha. The evaluation was conducted to assess the presence, character and extent of any buried archaeological features. Archaeological remains were only recorded in 19 of the excavated trenches and comprised a total of 29 features. These comprised 7 ditches/linear features, 18 small pits and postholes, a quarry, two fire pits or furnace bases, one prehistoric pot burial and a few modern or undifferentiated features. A single, apparently isolated pot burial, of probable mid to late Bronze Age date, was located in trench 59. An isolated feature containing charcoal and a small quantity of burnt bone (possibly pyre related material) in trench 5 may also date to the prehistoric period. More extensive remains dated to the late Iron Age/early Roman period and comprised two possible iron smelting furnace pits set within a fragmented rectilinear field system represented by shallow ditches in a number of trenches in the same area. Small quantities of dating evidence were recovered from some of these features, suggestive of a nearby settlement beyond the periphery of the site. Post medieval features consisted of field boundary ditches and scatters of pits and postholes, all probably agricultural in derivation. A small quarry of post-medieval date may have been backfilled fairly recently.
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Author:		 J Rady
A MacIntosh
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Publisher:		 Canterbury Archaeological Trust
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Land off Ulcombe Road
County: Kent
District: Maidstone
Parish: HEADCORN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 583300, 144700 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POT BURIAL (Monus)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: canterbu3-334584
OBIB: 2018/168
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Note:		 A4 Evaluation report, Client Report, Frontispiece + 36 pp + 10 figs + 23 plates
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2019