A group of beam slots were discovered close to one another on land off craythorne Lane, New Romney possibly relate to the former site of a timber framed medieval building at this location. There were three beam slots clocated towards the southern end of the site. The first was a shallow thin linear cut orientated northeast-southwest with a “u” shaped profile and measuring approximately 4.5m, 0.22m wide and 0.16m deep. The second was 8m long, 0.15m wide and 0.13m deep was revealed orientated southeast-northwest at a right angle from the westernmost terminus of ther first. This continued beyond the limits of the excavation. The third 1m long, 0.10m wide and 0.08m deep orientated northeast-southwest. Each slot contained a similar single fill a light grey-yellow-brown silty sand with frequent sub-rounded flint gravel pebbles. They contained contained 6 potsherds (1200/25-1275), 8 bone fragments, 1 shell fragment and 1 piece of iron. (1) (information summarised from source)

<1> Archaeology South - East, 2009, Post Excavation Assessment and updated project design, St Nicholas School, Fairfield Road, New Romney (Unpublished document). SKE55256.