Within the natural subsoil a shallow depression was observed at the north-east end of the trench: filling the depression and covering the subsoil south-west of it was a deposit of clay loam; within the deposit was small quantities of carbon flecks, small pebbles, daub (9 pieces) and ceramic sherds (20 sherds of flint-tempered pottery dated to c. 850/750-600 BC). The shallow depression was interpreted as either man-made or an undulation in the natural brickearth; the presence of daub and pottery sherds within the clay loam deposit was interpreted as indicative of occupation dating to c.850/750-600 BC (period of transition between the late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age). (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1992, An Archaeological Evaluation at 2 St John's Lane, Canterbury (Excavation archive). SKE30487.