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Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment in Advance of the Planning Application for a Proposed new dwelling at The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent February 2018 Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment in Advance of the Planning Application for a Proposed new dwelling at The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent. Report for Conker Conservation Ltd Date of Report: 8th Feb 2018 SWAT ARCHAEOLOGY Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company School Farm Oast, Graveney Road Faversham, Kent ME13 8UP Tel; 01795 532548 or 07885 700 112 www.swatarchaeology.co.uk The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Project Background ....................................................................................................5 1.2 The Site .......................................................................................................................5 1.3 The Proposed Development .......................................................................................5 1.4 Project Constraints .....................................................................................................6 1.5 Scope of Document ....................................................................................................6 2 PLANNING BACKGROUND .................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................6 2.2 Heritage Assets ...........................................................................................................6 2.3 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) ..............................................................7 2.4 Regional Policies ...................................................................................................... 11 3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 14 3.2 Desk-Based Assessment – Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (2017) .............. 14 4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 15 4.2 Designated Heritage Assets ..................................................................................... 16 4.3 Sources .................................................................................................................... 17 5 ARCHAOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................ 18 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 18 5.2 Designated Heritage Assets ..................................................................................... 19 5.3 Previous Archaeological Works ............................................................................... 20 5.4 Archaeological and Historical Narrative .................................................................. 25 5.5 Cartographic Sources and Map Regression ............................................................. 28 5.6 Aerial Photographs .................................................................................................. 30 5.7 Walkover Survey ...................................................................................................... 31 5.8 Summary of Potential .............................................................................................. 32 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT....................................................................................................... 36 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 36 6.2 Historic Impacts ....................................................................................................... 36 6.3 Summary of Impacts ................................................................................................ 36 7 ARCHAEOLOGICAL MITIGATION....................................................................................... 37 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 37 8 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................................. 37 8.1 Archive ..................................................................................................................... 37 8.2 Reliability/Limitations of Sources ............................................................................ 37 8.3 Copyright ................................................................................................................. 37 9 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................... 38 9.1 Bibliographic ............................................................................................................ 38 9.2 Websites .................................................................................................................. 38 10 APPENDIX 1 – KCC HER Data (see Figures 12-18) ............. ............................................56 2 The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment List of Plates Plate 1. Aerial photograph from 1940 Plate 2. Aerial photograph from 1960 Plate 3. Aerial photograph from 1990 Plate 4. Aerial photograph from 2003 Plate 5. Aerial photograph from 2008 Plate 6. Aerial Photograph from 2013 Plate 7. Aerial Photograph from 2017 Plate 8. View of the site from Tyler Road (looking south) Plate 9. View of the site from the western boundary (looking east) Plate 10. View of the site halfway along the length towards the PDA (looking west) Plate 11. Full length view of the site (looking west) Plate 12: View of the site from the southern boundary (looking north) Plate 13: View of the PDA from The Mill House List of Figures Fig.1 Site location map and site Location plan 1:10000 Fig 2: Development in relation to OS Plan Fig.3 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1873 Fig.4 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1898 Fig.5 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1907 Fig.6 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1938 Fig.7 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1971-1972 Fig.8 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1972 Fig.9 Historic mapping OS 1:2000 1989 Fig.10 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1989-1993 Fig.11 Historic mapping OS 1:2500 1993 Fig.12 KHER Monuments Fig.13 KHER Historic Landscape Character Fig.14 KHER Cropmarks Fig.15 KHER Designations Fig.16 KHER Events Fig.17 KHER Monuments Fig.18 KHER Stour Palaeolithic Character Area 3 The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment in Advance of the of the Planning Application for a Proposed new dwelling at The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent. Summary SWAT Archaeology has been commissioned by Conker Conservation Ltd to prepare an Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of the proposed development area (PDA) at The Mill House, Tyler Road, Blean, Kent. This Desk Based Assessment is intended to explore and disseminate the known and potential heritage resource within the site and the surrounding area, and to assess the likely impacts of the development proposals on this resource. Based on this data the potential for archaeological sites either on or in the near vicinity of the proposed development can be summarized as: Prehistoric: low/moderate Iron Age: low/moderate Roman: Moderate Anglo-Saxon: low Medieval: High Post-Medieval: High Modern: low This assessment has established that there is an archaeological interest within the site. This is defined as the potential for the presence of buried archaeological remains, relating to the high potential for the Medieval and Post Medieval periods and moderate for the Roman period, especially given that the PDA is c. 200m north west of the Scheduled Ancient Monument area of the deserted Medieval settlement. The planning application in relation to the proposed development in the gardens at The Mill House, it is likely that the proposed development would have a possible impact on any surviving archaeological remains, although these may not survive given the map analysis suggests that there was a building of unknown purpose previously on the site. The need for, scale, scope and nature of any further assessment and/or archaeological works has therefore been recommended and should be agreed through consultation with the statutory authorities. 4 The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Background 1.1.1 Swale & Thames Survey Company (SWAT) was commissioned by Conker Conservation Limited (the ‘Client), to carry out an archaeological desk-based assessment of the proposed development area (PDA) at The Mill House, Tyler Hill Road, Blean, Kent., centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) TR 612656 160770 (Fig 1). 1.1.2 This document will be used in support of planning applications associated with proposed development. 1.2 The Site