A programme of archaeological work carried out in 2012 found a large sub-oval pit that contained worked flint and a single sherd of comb-decorated Beaker pottery. Charcoal from the deposit sealed by the sherd was dated by radio-carbon to c.2,400 - 1,700 BC. The pit had been filled with domestic waste and showed signed of animal management nearby. The pit filled in during the early bronze age. (1,2,3)

The pit is "a significant example of a transitional late Neolithic/ early Bronze Age pit with possible ritually placed organic deposits. (2)

68 flints found in the pit fill were probably inadvertently redeposited, but incicate flint working in the immediate vicinity. (2)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2012, The former Build Center, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent: archaeological evaluation report (Unpublished document). SKE51685.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2012, The former Build Center (sic), Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent: archaeological excavation report (Unpublished document). SKE51689.

<3> Ross Lane, 2015, An unusual early chalcolithic pit at Westwood Road, Broadstairs (Article in serial). SKE51691.