An evaluation and excavation took place behind 95-103 Sturry Road in advance of redevelopment of the site in 2006. Excavation revaled evidence for a possible Roman ditch.

The ditch was on a north-west to south-east alignment, was c. 2.30 m. wide, 0.70 m. deep. It contained two fills of light greyish brown clay silt and the upper fill produced a single fragment of Roman tile.

Sherds of Roman pottery and fragments of brick/tile were recovered as residual material from the fills of features dating to later periods at the site.

Roman pottery and other fragments of brick and tile were excavated as residual artefacts from the fills of other features at the site. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2006, AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LAND TO THE REAR OF 95-103 STURRY ROAD, CANTERBURY. (Unpublished document). SKE55710.