Knights Place Farm, ARC KPF 98
Museum of London Archaeology, 2004. (updated 2017) https://doi.org/10.5284/1044721. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1044721
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Introduction
As part of a programme of archaeological investigation along the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Union Railways Limited (URL) commissioned the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) to undertake a trial-trenching evaluation between the 27th and 29th January 1998. The fieldwork was undertaken in URL Area 20, adjacent to Knights Place Farm, Cobham Park in the parish of Cobham, Kent. The evaluation trenches were laid out in two blocks; one to the west, Area 1 (centred on URL grid 50012 49267), and one to the east , Area 2 (centred on URL grid 50532 48999), of Knights Place Farm. The evaluation sitecode is ARC KPF98.
Geologically, Area 1 was on the boundary between Thanet Beds and Cretaceous Upper Chalk. Area 2 overlies Thanet Beds.
The result was six archaeological features: two in Area 1 (one each in trenches 3136TT and 3137TT) and four in Area 2 (one in 3152TT and three in 3154TT). These features comprised four undated pits/cut features and two undated oval hollows (features [13] 3154TT and [19] 3152TT), containing evidence of integrated structures and in-situ burning. Features [13] and [19] have tentatively been interpreted as late medieval or post-medieval ovens. All the other pits are of unknown date and function.
This site is one of three adjacent evaluations at Knights Place Farm; the other two being Knights Place Construction Site (ARC KCS 98) and Cobham Park (ARC CPK 97).
N.B. Much of this work here has been superseeded by works associated with the Phase Two and Schemewide programmes, but are included here for completeness. Those wishing to use the most current data are urged to view the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section 1 Project pages.
