An Anglo Saxon burial was uncovered during a Watching Brief carried out during works along a pipeline route along Military Road, Ramsgate.it was located near a ditch which may have formed part of a ring ditch, though this was not confirmed. The skeleton was supine extended with arms placed by the sides. The orientation of the body was north-south and the head in the south. Assessment suggests that the remains of this individual are those of a female of 30-44 years. There were no finds or grave goods with the burial. A C14 radiocarbon sample from the skull produced a date of 1511±33 BP (SUERC-70630; cal AD 428- 630).

Thanet is one of the most abundant areas of Saxon burials in the country and the presence of a grave of this date is of no surprise. In particular, the burial is only c. 400m south of the notable Saxon cemetery of Ozengell. Unlike the other burials, which were interred with numerous grave goods, including weaponry, burial [46] itself was unremarkable, with no finds recovered. In the 150 years since the initial identification of graves at Ozengell, over 250 inhumations have been exhumed in the wider area. This Burial can be considered part of this widely-dispersed cemetery that appears to have been attracted to, and deliberately interred with reference to, the still visible Bronze Age barrows at the Lord of the Manor (information summarised from source)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2017, ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF REPORT MILITARY ROAD RISING MAIN REPLACEMENT CHALK HILL LANE, RAMSGATE KENT (Unpublished document). SKE58300.