A large natural palaeochannel on an approximately north-west/south-east alignment was identified in the northern area of the site duringg excavations associated with the construction of the Ramsgate Harbour Approach road in 1997/1998. It continued south and to the east of the excavated area. With an estimated width of around 20m and a proven depth of 4m, the feature was a former watercourse of some antiquity that had gradually been filled by erosion deposits. A struck flint flake (now lost) of possible Upper Palaeolithic date was reportedly recovered from the basal deposits. The hollow may well have still been a notable landscape feature even in the Mesolithic and early Neolithic, when its uppermost deposit (a brown clayey silt) was apparently being laid down and could therefore have been significant in the siting of potential Mesolithic and early Neolithic features. (1-2)

<1> 2019, Chalk Hill - Neolithic and Bronze Age Discoveries at Ramsgate, Kent (Monograph). SKE56208.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, Excavations at Chalk Hill, near Ramsgate, Kent 1997-98: Integrated assessment & updated research design (Unpublished document). SKE29640.