The medieval features on Thanet Earth dated to between the mid-eleventh century to the early part of the fourteenth (possibly extending to AD 1350). The activity is primarily agricultural in nature with significant elements of domestic occupation. A site wide system of enclosures appears to be intimately related to various trackways across the site. The activity around these enclosures has been grouped into a number of Medieval ‘sites’. Site 8 along the western edge of Plateau 1 was similar in many ways to the two farmstead sites recorded on Plateau 2 but were relatively badly preserved and not fully exposed. They are later than the other settlement areas and is it possible that they represent a translocation of the Site 2 settlement to slightly higher and dryer ground.

Site 8 was about 17m south of the Enclosure 25 complex and consisted of an enclosure defined by a few segmented linear features, partially quarried away at a later date. Most original internal features had been completely removed, although a few pits survived on the north side, and two large post-pits to the south may be all that remained of a large structure. However, these appear to be earlier than the main phase of activity and are more likely to relate to Site 9 located to the south. The area bordering the quarry was also eroded, suggesting a previous concentration of activity. Extensively disturbed remains, well below formation level for the plateau meant the base of the quarry was not completely exposed, but its fill was mostly excavated by machine. Negligible dating evidence was recovered from this particular site, due to the later truncation, although the pottery assemblage is mostly of thirteenth century date. (1) (information summarised from source)

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