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 13 comprised a large enclosure of field associated with two others, one in its south western corner, and the other in its northern half, along its eastern edge. The concentration of features in the northern of the two smaller enclosures were domestic in character, this indicates a definite settlement site, probably a farmstead. This site, and others to the south and south-west appear to be generally later than most, if not all the medieval features to the north with a likely date range 1150 -1350

Site 13, separated from Site 12 by Trackway 35, comprised a number of elements, the earliest being what was probably a relatively large field (Enclosure 44), again mostly open-ended on its south side, and a probably contemporary enclosure (Enclosure 51), all set parallel to Trackway 30, here represented by a hollow-way. A small structure of uncertain arrangement (SFB 48) was set in the northern corner of Enclosure 51, but the enclosed spaces were mostly empty, at least originally. All of these features, probably originating late in Phase 2 or in Phase 3 seem to be entirely agricultural in nature (SFB 48 possibly a shepherds hut), set in a mostly open landscape.

Enclosure 55 (Site 13) was situated in the north-eastern corner of Enclosure 44, again open-ended on the south, and probably to the east where it must have been directly bounded by the trackway. The enclosure consisted of three intercutting inverted 'L'-shaped ditch segments that measured a maximum of 13m by 11m. It contained a suite of, as far as can be ascertained, contemporary elements very similar in most respects to the more complex settlement sites to the north, a well and a cess-pit, plus one major and complex sunken-featured structure (SFB 59) that was almost certainly a domestic dwelling, associated with drains, buried pots and an underground cellared feature to its immediate south. The underground storage facility to its south hints at a more complex function, while three posts on its longitudinal axis probably acted as roof support and would have restricted space for the purposes of keeping animals making some form of domestic residence or specialised agricultural building more likely. A domestic structure seems even more possible when adjacent features are considered, one of these being a garderobe or cess-tank, and the associated pottery assemblage, which was mostly of domestic types such as cooking pots and jugs. Other features within enclosure 55 include a well and pits (including a possible storage pit).

There was one significant difference with this enclosure and those to the north, that being the absence of a Type 1 sunken building, virtually ubiquitous in the more complex sites to the north. Indeed in apart from one instance, most of the enclosures to the immediate south seem to lack structures of this sort, suggesting they were fundamentally different to, as well as later than their northern counterparts. This may be partly due to the chronology, as Type 1 structures appear more commonly dated to the earlier part of the medieval period although seemingly late examples do exist. Most however can be ascribed to Phase 3 or before. A single Type 3 sunken structure, which appears to have been the latest feature in the vicinity, may suggest that the complex reverted to a purely agricultural use once occupation had ceased.
. (1) (information summarised from source)

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