The area of Roman settlement was cut by numerous miscellaneous features, many of which would clearly have been directly associated with the structures lying adjacent but could not, by their location, chronology, or stratigraphic relationships be identified as such. These features can largely be summarised as comprising individual post holes and pits, representing a variety of settlement activities. Many of the pits may have been cut for storage and their fills were found to contain a variety of cultural debris include pottery, bone shell and lenses of ash and charcoal, indicating domestic refuse was being thrown into these redundant features. The pottery recovered ranges in date from the late first century to the fourth century though most was concentrated in the range of 150-250 AD.

A number of features appeared to perform more specific roles. These included two very large pits both ovoid in plan and located 78m distant from each other. The western was 8.7m by 6.9m in plan and cut to a depth of 0.8m while the eastern was 6.9m by 6.78m in plan and cut to a depth of 1.35m. the eastern pit had been lined at the base with a crushed chalk and silty clay, this had occurred on several occasions and between the linings there was a thin occupation layer containing pottery and charcoal. This eastern pit also appeared to bas associated with a narrow ditch. Both features were likely used for storage, and after they went out of use they had been used as rubbish pits. The finds indicated that they had become redundant by AD 200 and perhaps entirely filled by AD 250.

A single well was identified within the settlement area, located immediately to the south west of Structure 2. The upper 2.4m of the well had eroded uneven sides, below lay smooth vertical sides of the rectangular shaft measuring 0.85m by 0.8m. the shaft was punctured on the north and south sides by foot or hand holes, verticall spaces 0.9-1.2m apart. The well was excavated to a depth of 6.7m though coring showed it to be some 38m deep. The excavated portion of the well hd been backfilled with a succession of clay loams containing varying quantities of chalk. Some cultural material was also identified including shell and bird bone and the articulated remains of a sheep. The lowest deposit excavated contained material dating to no earlier than AD 175.

A lined pit was excavated immediately to the east of the well, this was formed from a straight sided rectangular cut measuring 1.72m by 1.3m abd 0.83m in depth, the lining comprised a compact clay 0.15m thick against the sides of the cut and 0.06m deep on the base. Proturing from the face of the clay was a number of iron nails, suggestive of a timber lining. The lining suggests that it may have been used as a water tank or for some activity in which water played a primary role. Once abandoned the feature became infilled with deposits of clay loam and chalk containing fragments of bone, shell slag and pottery of late second to early third century date.

Two parallel linear features within the area bounded by enclosure 2 may have also been used for storage. The northern measured 10.4m east west by 2.66m north south while the southern was 9m east west by 2.09m north south, they were between 0.34 and 0.42m in depth. Both appeared to be ramped at the western end. after they were abandoned the features had been left to become infilled naturally with deposits of chalky clay. Both contained occasional fragments of pottery dating to AD 125-175 suggesting that its was used early in the life of the settlement.

Also contained within the area of enclosure 2 was a large irregular shaped feature which may have represented a work area or storage, its sunken nature helping to confine activities. It extended for a length of up to 8.6m and was up to 4.8m wide and cut to a depth of 0.4m (information summarised from sources) (1-2)

<1> 1996, Arch Cant 116, 1996 (Article in serial). SKE54497.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995 (Serial). SKE11882.