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Evaluation at Fougeres Way, Ashford, Kent |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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| Abstract: |
As detailed in the WSI, the evaluation comprised the excavation of 27 trenches, each intended to measure c 30m by 1.8m in plan. The trenches represented a c 5% sample of the proposed development area. The trenches were located to provide an even coverage of the site whilst also allowing for appropriate safety margins around known buried utilities crossing the site. Trenches 12, 19, 21 and 22 were shortened and/or relocated to avoid an area of thick modern made ground and landscaping. Oxford Archaeology was commissioned by JIL Developments Ltd to undertake a trial-trench evaluation of the site of a proposed retail development. The fieldwork was completed between 15th and 25th November 2021. Twenty seven trenches were excavated, representing a 5% sample of the 3.45ha site. No prior geophysical survey was undertaken, so the trenches were distributed evenly across the site rather than targeted on specific features. Trenches 1, 9, 10 and 12 contained archaeological features, including three probable drainage ditches and one possible pit in Trench 12. All the features were investigated by hand but none produced artefacts and they are therefore undated. In the 19th century the site was part of a volunteer rifle range. No range structures lay within the site boundary, but it was crossed by a footpath which was re-routed at least once during the 19th century. The ditches found in the trenches seem to take their alignment from Warren Lane, to the east of the site, so are most likely to be medieval or post-medieval agricultural drains that pre-date the rifle range. No evidence for the 19th-century rifle range footpath was found in the trenches. There was extensive evidence for recent landscaping and ground disturbance, particularly along the north-western edge of the previously developed John Lewis Home Store plot and the embankment of Fougeres Way. Associated previous groundworks in the same area include an extant drainage pond and a buried electrical cable. There was also evidence for ground disturbance along the north edge of the site where a water pipe has been installed in recent years. Given the very sparse archaeological features encountered, limited range of features/deposits and lack of any artefacts or other dating evidence, no mitigation is recommended. |
| Author: |
Timothy Sperring
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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| Other Person/Org: |
Historic England review (OASIS Reviewer)
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| Year of Publication: |
2021
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| Locations: |
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England |
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Kent |
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Ashford |
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Ashford, unparished area |
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Grid Reference: 600157, 143906 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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EVALUATION
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UNCERTAIN FEATURE
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FEATURE
(Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN DITCH
(Tag)
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DRAINAGE DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
(Tag)
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UNCERTAIN PIT
(Tag)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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oxfordar1-519272 |
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| Created Date: |
30 Nov 2023 |
