Earlier material from the site included Iron Age and Roman material (TR 15 NE 1809), some of which was found in residual deposits within the early medieval and medieval (TR 15 NE 1808) features.
For the Anglo-Saxon period, evidence found in seventeen pits and two linear features such as pottery suggest a 10th or 11th century date. However a strap-end of mid-8th to early 10th century date was present and a mid to late Anglo-Saxon type loom weight was present in a later 11th or 12th century medieval pit. One of the largest pits was considered to have been used for the disposal of both domestic and industrial refuse being primarily pottery, animal bone and metal-working residues.

In the second group of pits, evidence was found that they were lined with wood to stop them collapsing, as evident from thin layers of what appears to be degraded wood against the pit edges and within their bases. The contents of these pits consisted of mineralised plant remains seemingly from human faeces. (1)

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"For the Anglo-Saxon period, evidence found in seventeen pits and two linear features such as pottery suggest a 10th or 11th century date. However a strap-end of mid-8th to early 10th century date was present and a mid to late Anglo-Saxon type loom weight was present in a later 11th or 12th century medieval pit. One of the largest pits was considered to have been used for the disposal of both domestic and industrial refuse being primarily pottery, animal bone and metal-working residues.

In the second group of pits, evidence was found that they were lined with wood to stop them collapsing, as evident from thin layers of what appears to be degraded wood against the pit edges and within their bases. The contents of these pits consisted of mineralised plant remains seemingly from human faeces. (1)

The site contained two ditch features thought to be part of a field system. One of the ditches was aligned NE-SW and measured at least 3.41x1.48x0.18m deep. The ditch is potentially seen in other areas of the excavation in continuation of the earlier ditch, measuring 2.30mx 0.82x0.27m. The other ditch feature was aligned SW-NE and measured at least 3.04x0.34x0.28m.

Other features at the site included several linear features. One of these was aligned ESE-WNW, and measured at least 2.40x0.82x0.32m. This feature contained ""a single sherd of mid to late Anglo-Saxon (c AD 775–850) pottery and a small fragment of intrusive medieval or post-medieval tile. Other finds included animal bone (cattle and domestic cat), and metalworking residues, including a hearth bottom, hearth lining and iron slag"(2). Another of the linear features was aligned E-W, measuring 1.45x1.18x0.27m deep. The other linear feature was not excavated but measured around 2.15m in length and 1.34 in width.

The pit features at the site were used for the disposal of domestic and industrial refuse, with other pits being used as cess pits. One of the possible refuse pits also contained a possible oven feature.

The refuse pits ranged in size between 0.72-3.31m in length, 0.44-2.71m in width, and 0.15-1.92m in depth. Artefacts recovered from the pits include animal remains (largely cattle and a small quantity of dog),, 6 fragments of late Anglo Saxon pottery, 1 sherd of mid-late Anglo-Saxon pottery, reused Roman tile, metalworking debris (including furnace slag & hamerscale), hearth bottoms, a worked flint, an iron nail, iron fragments, a quern stone fragment, CBM, oyster shell, fish bones, charcoal and charred plant remains (including barely, free threshing wheat, hazlenut shell, oat and large pulses).

A further group of pits at least partially interpreted as refuse pits were found to contain a mid-late Anglo-Saxon loom weight, at least 3 copper alloy artefacts, and an oven, alongside furnace bottoms in several of the pits, suggesting that they may have had an industrial/domestic-type function.

The cess pits ranged in size between 0.68-1.95m in length, 0.48-1.7m in width, and 0.13-1.90m in depth. The pits contained cess-like fills, with some containing charcoal, a large assemblage of animal bone (including cattle, dog, horse, hare, and cat), alongside CBM, metalworking debris, an iron nail, oyster and mussel shell, Roman hobnails, charred and mineralised plant remains, 38 sherds of mid-late Anglo-Saxon pottery, and some medieval pottery sherds which are interpreted as being instruive from later periods of occupation at the site. A fragment of glass bead dating to 530-580 AD was also recovered from one of the pits. (2)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2011, Archaeological Excavation at British Red Cross, Lower Chantry Lane, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE52115.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2017, The British Red Cross Centre, 2 Lower Chantry Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1UF Assessment report (Unpublished document). SKE52712.