Harrietsham East Street, ARC HES 98

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Union Railways (South) Limited (URL) to carry out an archaeological evaluation of a site adjacent to the east-bound carriageway of the M20 motorway, to the south of the village of Harrietsham (centred on URL grid point 66900 32200; NGR grid point TQ 86900 52200). The site is known as Harrietsham East Street (site code ARC HES98; Environmental Statement Route Window 25). The evaluation revealed a stratigraphic sequence comprising ploughsoil, alluvium and in situ natural sands. Eight archaeological features were recorded, predominantly concentrated within the trenches in the south-east half of the site. These include four ditches and a gully, all undated, a post-medieval palaeochannel and a further two undated palaeochannels.