Monument record TQ 86 SE 337 - Bronze Age ditch, 87 London Road, Sittingbourne

A Bronze Age ditch was identified during an evaluation carried out at 87 London Road, Sittingbourne by the Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company in 2014. The ditch was aligned NE-SW and measured 2.27m in length, 0.50m in width, and 0.12m in depth. Artefacts recovered from the fill of the feature comprised struck flint, sherds of Mid to Late Mid Bronze Age flint tempered pottery.

Another artefact recovered from the same trench comprised a piece of daub or kiln material measuring 0.06m in diameter. However, no cut for an associated feature was identified. (1)

<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2013, Archaeological Evaluation of Land at the Barkaway Site, 20-22 Ospringe Street, Ospringe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE57955.