Monument record TQ 84 NW 364 - Late iron age / early Roman linear features and pottery, Moat Farm, Headcorn

In 2017 an archaeological evaluation was carried out in advance of new sewerage south of Moat Road. A total of four archaeological features were observed, all of which were located within Trench 3, the remaining trenches were archaeologically negative. The four features comprised of a ditch containing a single sherd of Late Iron Age/Roman pottery, two gullies containing no finds, and one curvi-linear gully containing a single rim-sherd of Late Iron Age/Early Roman pot. All four features were cut into the underlying natural geology. The features did not seem to have been indicatred by earlier geophysical survey.

Pleistocene deposits were identified comprising a river terrace unit revealed in scour features cut into the Weald Clay. The fine component in the river terrace unit may be a reworked brickearth. No lithics were identified and the Pleistocene sediments at the site are considered to be of low potential.(1)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2017, Archaeological evaluation report, Land south of Moat Road, Headcorn, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE32386.