During excavations carried out in 2003 and 2004 associated with the development of Trinity Square in Margate, evidence for Roman activity was encountered. This evidence comprised a group of features that included a pit towards the eastern end of the site situated in the centre of an area of possible marl extraction. This feature had a maximum diameter of 2.45m and a maximum depth of 0.50m and contained many discrete layers of deposition, none of which provided finds which pointed to an interpretation of anything other than a pit for domestic refuse, which may have been capped.

A group of shallow sub-rectilinear hollows of unknown function were also encountered. The scoops are a variety of sizes ranging from 2 to 12m in length, but all are between 1.5 and 4m in width. The maximum depth is 0.50m, seen in $194, but the average is 0 20m. As these features appear to stop at the top of solid bedrock, they may be interpreted as marled chalk extraction pits or the remnant bases of clay quarries, removing the head brickearth deposits which were still seen in-situ in some areas. Some appeared to have been reused with rammed chalk working surfaces placed in them. The pottery suggests that this group was worked between c.25AD with a "...cessation of activity by c.150/175 AD."

A group of eleven postholes were seen to skirt the edge of Group Gl067 and may represent a fence line around this area. All appear to be ovoid with a maximum length of around 0.35m and a width averaging 0.17m and a depth between 0.05 and 0.19m. Only two sherds of pot were recovered from the whole of this group, these were both from S221 one was possibly Neolithic/ Bronze Age and the other was Mid Iron Age, however both could be residual. Due to a lack of positive dating evidence this group is placed in the Roman Phase solely on its relationship to the excavation hollows.

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<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2004?, Archaeological excavations at Trinity Square, Margate, Kent: assessment report combined site report TSQ03 and TRI04 (Unpublished document). SKE52177.