Knights Place Farm, ARC KPF 98

As part of a programme of archaeological investigation along the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Union Railways Limited (URL) commissioned the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) to undertake a trial-trenching evaluation between the 27th and 29th January 1998. The fieldwork was undertaken in URL Area 20, adjacent to Knights Place Farm, Cobham Park in the parish of Cobham, Kent. The evaluation trenches were laid out in two blocks; one to the west, Area 1 (centred on URL grid 50012 49267), and one to the east , Area 2 (centred on URL grid 50532 48999), of Knights Place Farm. The evaluation sitecode is ARC KPF 98 and is one of three adjacent evaluations at Knights Place Farm; the other two being Cobham Park (ARC CPK 97) and Knights Place Construction Site (ARC KCS 98).

作为英法海底隧道铁路连接线沿线考古调查项目的子任务，联合铁路有限公司（Union Railways Limited，URL）于1998年1月27日至29日委托伦敦考古博物馆服务部（Museum of London Archaeology Service，MoLAS）开展试掘评估工作。本次田野作业实施于联合铁路有限公司20号区域，地块毗邻肯特郡科巴姆教区科巴姆公园内的奈茨普莱斯农场（Knights Place Farm）。评估探沟分为两个区块布设：其一为奈茨普莱斯农场西侧的1号区（以URL网格坐标50012 49267为中心），其二为该农场东侧的2号区（以URL网格坐标50532 48999为中心）。本次评估的场地编码为ARC KPF 98，属于奈茨普莱斯农场三处相邻评估项目之一；其余两处分别为科巴姆公园评估（ARC CPK 97）与奈茨普莱斯建筑工地评估（ARC KCS 98）。