Two inhumation burials were identified immediately to the south of Ring ditch 03, cutting into the top of re-cut ditch. The preservation of both was poor as this area of the site had been heavily disturbed by agricultural activity. The first grave measured 0.75m wide, 1.46m long and 0.3m deep and contained a single female adult inhumation aged 36–45. The skeleton was lying supine with the skull lying in an upright position, situated at the east end of the grave. The right leg was flexed and the left extended. The left arm lay flexed over the torso with the right to the side of the body. A deliberately placed round shouldered jar that had been broken into halves and dated to Sub-phase 3, lay adjacent to the left leg of the skeleton. Further pottery sherds were included in the backfill of the grave, incorporated as general background material as rubbish. The pottery dating is tentatively supported by absolute dating that provided a date of approximately 352–3 BC cal. The second burial, was heavily truncated with no clear grave cut evident. The skeleton, a female aged 16–18 years, lay in a supine position with the skull at the west end. Both legs were extended with the right arm positioned to the side and the left flexed across the torso. It is assumed that this burial is broadly contemporary with burial S8896 but given the absence of dateable pottery and unsuitability for radiocarbon analysis this cannot be proven. (1) (information summarised from source)

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