This large settlement area is centred on approx. TR 2134 3958. The area contains mainly occupation evidence dating to the Romano-British period, consisting of pits, ditches, occupation layers and a Romano-British cremation burial. Romano-British pottery was frequently located in the fills of features. A prehistoric worked flint was the only earlier find.

The location of features suggests a straggling settlement area, but disturbance makes it impossible to ascertain if the outlying features formed an integral part of the site. A date of 2nd-3rd C AD can be put forward with the evidence of the cremation burial and a coin. (1)

During archaeological monitoring along the southern section of the Hawkinge-Denton Bypass and Haven Drive a number of Romano-British features were uncovered linked to features found in 1993. The features found in 1999 included a ditch, a group of four bowl-furnaces, a cremation burial, a possible and a probable building. Finds included iron nails, tegula (roof tile), slag and pottery (including stamped Samian). (2)

In 2006 Archaeology South-East carried out a strip, map and sample excavation along the Middle Relief Road at Hawkinge. At the southern end of this, a concentration of Roman features were located. These belonged to two phases, from AD 50-120 and AD 120-250. (4)

AOC Archaeology Group, 2006, Terlingham III, Land off Gibraltar Lane, Hawkinge, Kent: a post-excavation assessment of an archaeological evaluation (Unpublished document). Ske13004.

<1> South Eastern Archaeological Services, 1993, An Archaeological Evaluation At Hawkinge Aerodrome, Hawkinge (Phase 1) (Unpublished document). SKE11968.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 1999, Archaeological Investigations along the Southerly Section of Hawkinge - Denton Bypass and Haven Drive Extension, Hawkinge Aerodrome, Shepway: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). SKE12141.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 1999, Archaeological Investigations at Hawkinge Aerodrome, Hawkinge, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment and Proposals for Future Work (Unpublished document). SKe6583.

<3> Archaeology South-East, 1999, Archaeological Investigations along the Southerly Section of Hawkinge - Denton Bypass and Haven Drive Extension, Hawkinge Aerodrome, Shepway: Interim Statement (Unpublished document). Ske12141.

<3> Archaeology South-East, 2003, Archaeological Investigations at Hawkinge Aerodrome, Hawkinge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17477.

<4> Archaeology South-East, 2007, Archaeological Investigations along the Hawkinge Relief Road, Hawkinge, Kent: Post Excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication (Unpublished document). SKE17864.