Undated possible pit features were excavated at 126 Sturry Road, Canterbury in 1999. These features are thought to date to some time between the Iron Age to the medieval period due to the artefacts found within one of them. The sizes of the features are not given, however, one was much larger than the other; part of the smaller feature appeared to have been lost due to truncation in the 19th/20th century as a result of quarrying at the site (TR 15 NE 2004). The larger feature was a probable pit which contained within its lowest fill a sherd of Romano-British native coarseware, and another sherd of 2nd-3rd century Upchurch ware, alongside afragment of late medieval/early post-medieval peg tile. This feature had also been truncated by 19th-20th century quarrying (TR 15 NE 2004). It is unclear what the function of the features may have been; some of the more intensive activity near to the site comprised Roman period cremation burials, however neither of these features appear to be related to mortuary activity. A sherd of Iron Age pottery was also recovered as residual material from the site. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, Archaeological evaluation at the Former Total Filling Station, 126 Sturry Road, Canterbury. (Unpublished document). SKE54768.