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:
Knights Place Construction Site,ARC KCS 98,Evaluation,Museum of London Archaeology Service,20/1/98-26/1/98,570300 169300,CTRL ,Kent,Rochester,Cobham CP,,"Occupation site, field system, chalk pit",RO;MD;PM,Mechanical removal of topsoil; hand excavation and recording of geological deposits.," A Romano-British field ditch, a second undated field ditch, two small undated pits, plus six hearths, cut into subsoil.  Accumulations of brickearth hillwash both pre-date and seal the hearths. These hearths contained no datable material but according to their position in the stratigraphic sequence were probably of medieval or post-medieval date.",2 samples,"residual prehistoric flint, Romano-British pottery","Thanet Beds, Upper Chalk, head and undated drift deposits.",48,CTRL,1.0 ,"The archaeological features recorded consisted of: 

? a linear field ditch of late Iron Age or early Roman date 
? a second undated field ditch
? two undated small pits 
? six oval hollows with stakeholes and evidence of intense heat, interpreted as possible ?ovens?, that were partially filled with charcoal rich material.
? a post-medieval chalk or head quarry pit 

Although some of the features have been interpreted as possible fireboxes for charcoal ovens, but their function is not precisely known. Colluvial deposits found on site, both pre-date and seal some these ?ovens?. 
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