Medieval features including linear features, pits, and post-holes were excavated at Canterbury Police Station in 1997 and 1999.

Features included thirty eight pits with recorded dimensions of between 0.58-2.84m in length, 0.05-2.16m in width, and 0.05-1.60m in depth. One of the pits was thought to have originally functioned as a quarry, and subsequently used as a rubbish pit. A large cut observed at the site has also been interpreted as a quarry

Two parallel linear features were excavated in the vicinity of pits at the site. These measured 4.30x0.46x0.15m and 3.80x0.64x0.08m. Two further small linear features were excavated in a different area of the site. These measured 0.70x0.20-0.34x0.18-0.35m.

An isolated post-hole with a diameter of 0.13m and a depth of 0.15m was identified alongside the pits and four features of unknown function with recorded dimensions of 0.60-2.24x0.30-1.08x0.20-0.67m was excavated in the vicinity of the pits and linear features. Five further post-holes were identified in other areas of the site measuring 0.11-0.28x0.10-0.22x0.23m.

Finds associated with features and deposits at the site include pottery dating between 875-1550 AD, bone (some of which was burnt), oyster shell, medieval roof tile (glazed and unglazed), daub (some of which had impressions of wattle), slag, tile, an iron nail, a copper alloy ring or fitting, marine shell (either oyster or mussel), carbon, a cylindrical glass bead, two complete pots, a half coin of Henry III dating from 1248-1250 AD and a coin of Crispus (dating from 322-323 AD), residual Roman tile, pottery, and imbrex, and Anglo-Saxon pottery. A complete pot dating from 1050-1175 AD was excavated from the fill of one of the pits at the site. This was initially intrepreted as a cremation burial prior to the dating of the vessel as it contained bone, however this form of burial would be unusual dating from the medieval period. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd., 2003, Canterbury Police Station Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent: Stratigraphic Report (Unpublished document). SKE56133.