Monument record TR 04 SW 608 - Medieval pottery and possible ditch, Waterside Park, Ashford

Trench 3 contained a N-S aligned ditch that was 1.76m wide. Within the ditch fill were four sherds of a 13th / 14th century pot / bowl in Ashford / Wealden sandy ware, which were moderately - extensively abraded. The vessel has been dated to between 1225 and 1325/50 AD. It is suggested by the report authors (1) that due to the reworked nature of the sherds, this could have resulted from manuring using earlier domestic waste.
Two pieces of CBM, also from the ditch fill, are likely to be Medieval roof tile. Two pieces of prehistoric struck flint (a spall and a flake) were also in the ditch fill, but are redeposited and are likely Neolithic / Bronze Age. (1)

<1> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, Aldi Site, Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Ashford, Kent Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE58756.