A number of cremation burials were excavated during the Thanet Earth investigations. These were mostly un-urned, indicating a pre-Roman, probably Bronze Age provenance and were concentrated in the north part of the area. there were 7 on plateau 1, three on plateau 3 and two more on plateau 6. Most of these appear to be associated with small pits containing depositions of an apparently ritual nature.

In detail the first was located 45m west of the entrance of Enclosure 3. It was an isolated, sub-circular un-urned cremation burial, 0.45m wide, 0.5m long and 0.26m deep. A deposit of calcined human bone. Directly 40m to the south of Enclosure 3 were two more possible cremations. These were immediately adjacent to one another, of a similar shape and size in plan, 0.33–0.38m wide, 0.38–0.43m long and 0.18–0.20m deep. The fills consisted of very dark brown clay silt, with charcoal and traces of calcined bone. Four sherds of pottery (undated though likely prehistoric) were located and may have once represented a whole vessel. The small amounts of cremated bone suggest that these were possible un-urned ‘token’ cremations. Two isolated features within close distance of one another just south east of the southern end of Trackway 7. One of these contained burnt bone inclusions with their arrangement suggesting confinement within a perishable container, this almost certainly represents an un urned cremation. The other likely to have been associated but appears to have been completely sterile which suggests another sepulchral function, maybe a marker for the grave or some form of votive pit. Another probable cremation burial was found on the eastern side of this plateau. This sub-circular pit was 0.52m wide, 0.66m long and 0.16–0.34m deep filled by very dark grey clay silt with abundant carbon. It contained a few lumps of daub and burnt bone, but with not evidence for a vessel. A single pit of Bronze Age date was found just north of Trackway 16 near a group of other prehistoric features at the northern end of Plateau 1. This consisted of a sub-circular cut yielded an assemblage of about 60 sherds of mid Bronze Age pottery, possibly from the same vessel. This was considered a potential cremation burial during excavation, although no burnt bone was noted, and is more likely to be a feature of possible ritual significance than a rubbish pit. To the south-east, on Plateau 3, a group of three features were situated no more than 2.5m apart in the northern access road part of the area, about 40m south-east of Barrow 6. They consisted of circular cuts between 0.38–0.54m wide and 0.14–0.27m deep. Each was filled by a deposit of carbonised material sometimes with lighter silt identified near to the base. One feature contained parts of a damaged ceramic vessel (including a large decorated rim sherd of mid Bronze Age date. The fill included cremated human bone. Another feature also contained some burnt bone, potentially of human origin but was otherwise sterile. The third did not contain any burnt bone and may have been a posthole, possibly a marker for the burials. Slightly to the north was a scattered group of similar sized features consisting of circular cuts between 0.38–0.54m diameter and 0.14–0.27m deep; most were filled by carbonised material with lighter silty clay near the base (similar to the cremations), but none contained any evidence for cremated bone. Although two contained a few sherds of possible early Bronze Age pottery, it is perhaps more likely that they related to the cremations and formed a series of votive features. Much further to the south, on Plateaus 5 and 6, isolated features may represent votive deposits. A small pit 0.24m in diameter and c. 0.16m deep was found, isolated, about 91m to the south-east of Enclosure 2. The initial fill consisted of clay silt with burnt flint, charcoal, and grain. This was followed by the deposition of fragments of a single vessel of mid-late Bronze Age date, closely fitted to the side of the cut. In the south central area of Plateau 6, another sub-circular pit, 0.82m wide, 0.72m long and 0.26m deep. It contained a fill of sandy silt with carbon and calcined bone inclusions (SK 6.11) concentrated in lenses. This probably represents an isolated un-urned cremation burial. Located only 17.9m to the north-east of Barrow 4, another slightly smaller feature contained a fill of clay silt, with carbon and burnt bone inclusions also suggesting this was an isolated un-urned cremation burial, possibly a satellite burial to the barrow. A similar feature was found, isolated about 200m to the south-east, a small pit, 0.24m in diameter and c. 0.16m deep. The initial fill consisted of clay silt with burnt flint, charcoal and grain. This was followed by the deposition of a single vessel closely fitted to the side of the cut (unfortunately lost). There was no evidence for cremated bone. (1) (information summarised from source)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2023, Beneath the Seamark: 6000 Years of an Islands History (Monograph). SKE55405.