Mersham, ARC MSH 97

As part of a programme of archaeological investigations along the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Union Railways Limited (URL) commissioned the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) to undertake an evaluation comprising nine trenches situated in c 2ha. of land 5km to the south-east of the centre of Ashford, Kent. The area of investigation was bounded by the existing London to Folkestone Railway to the south, Church Road to the west, Court Lodge Farm and the parish church of St.John the Baptist to the north, and open fields to the east.