Evidence included boundary ditches forming enclosures surrounding possible settlement activity, and boundaries demarcating trackways, sunken featured buildings, refuse pits and chalk extraction or
quarry pits. Features dated to the early Roman period comprised 13 ditch/linear features, 5 pits, 1 post-hole, 2 sunken featured buildings (SFBs) and 5 quarries. Ditch 715 (Tr7) forms southern bounds of a potential rectilinear enclosure surrounding settlement activity.

Five pits and a post-hole 3020 (Tr 30), were dated to the early Roman period and represent potential occupation evidence focused along the west-facing slope of the dry valley. Bulk environmental samples processed from pit 814 and 2107 indicate domestic food processing refuse including bone, avian eggshell, marine shellfish, charred plant and cereal remains. Evidence for potential craft industries was also identified, comprising metalworking waste (hammerscale), and textile production (a conical ceramic spindle whorl (SF46) recovered from pit 6728).

A total of 10 archaeological features were dated to the later Roman period, recorded in Tr7, 11, 67 and
70. Archaeological features comprised 2 ditches, 4 pits, 2 SFBs and 2 quarry pits. Pit 720 contained
an ashy basal deposit (718) rich in charred cereal grains (environmental sample <4>), as well as pottery, animal bone, marine shell, daub, and iron nail and iron hobnail, and a silver coin of mid fourth century AD date (SF8107). Pit 7012 (Tr70) contained charred cereal remains, though less well preserved (environmental sample <13>), along with a particularly rich assemblage of finds, including pottery, fragments of tile and opus signinum mortar, daub, animal bone, marine shell, iron nails, hobnails, and glass. Both SFBs contained late Roman pottery dated to the late third to fourth century, with SFB 727/735 also containing pottery dated to the fourth to early fifth century AD. Fragments of red and white painted plaster were recovered from SFB 727/735. Two copper alloy brooches and a buckle were found during the metal detector survey.

Early imports comprise early Gaulish white flagon- and possibly beaker-wares, terra nigra, terra rubra
and central Gaulish micaceous terra nigra. The latter fabrics represent several pre-and post-conquest
platter types. South and central gaulish samian was identified as well as a few sherds representing south Spanish Dressel 20 olive oil amphorae. Late imports identified, in addition to Oxfordshire types, were Argonne ware (NE Gaulish), Alice Holt ware (SE English) and Eifelkeramik (from the Eifel region of the Rhineland).(1)

TR 355675. Cropmarks of Barrows, pits and possibly graves. A large circular ditch enclosure is identifiable as a cropmark on the west facing slope of the valley. Field walking observation reveals
that at least some vestige of a central mount survives. There is a ring ditch within the larger barrow and ring ditches of smaller diameter together with what may be graves appear on the crest of the
slope to the east. This is presumably a large Bronze Age barrow with associated Anglo-Saxon burials. Worked flint fragments and scrapers can often be found after ploughing in the area, particularly along the line of the valley crest. (2)

The cropmark remains of a probable Iron Age or Roman settlement, field systems and trackways with at least two phases of activity as well as a number of large pits of uncertain date and a pit alignment have been recorded from aerial photographs in the area described by the originator of this monument record (see 1above). However, many of these features were not visible on the earlier photographs used for the basis of the primary description. Two of the barrows referred to above are located further south than suggested by the previous authority. The larger double-ditched barrow is located at TR 3552 6732 and is now recorded in NRHE 1618492. This site may also be referred to in NRHE 468951 which is located 70m to the NW of its actual location. A smaller barrow located to its NE is located at TR 3554 6734 and recorded as NRHE 1618493. There are a number of other monument records which may refer to parts of the same site (NRHE: 469015 (Cropmarks, pits and linear feature), 468951 (Probable round barrow (site of)), and 469014 (Cropmark of trackway).
Both barrows and surrounding settlement, field systems and trackways have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Historic England: Ramsgate HAZ project. (2-4)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2017, Westwood Village: Land off Manston Court Road and Haine Road, Margate, Thanet, Kent - Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE52015.