Area 8 of Monkton to Mount Pleasant Dualling, centred at approx. TR 2920 6566. A rare 12th farmstead was located, most of the settlement lay within a pair of adjoining enclosures, with each enclosure containing buildings defined by post-holes or posts-in-slots. Three seperate rectangular buildings were discovered in the W. enclosure and at least one in the E. These have been identified as a 2-phase byre/barn and possible domestic residences. One possibility for the framing of buildings on the site is that they may have been an early form of earthfast-crucks or base-crucks.

In addition to the main buildings an unbottomed well/chalk pit, fence lines and internal ditches, a cesspit and pissoir were located. (1)

An oval pit and a number of associated ditches discovered during the pipeline operations in the north western corner of the monument have been interpreted as traces of a later medieval settlement. Analysis of pottery sherds found in the pit suggest that the settlement dates to the years around 1080-1150 AD. The monuments have been partly disturbed by the pipeline laying and modern ploughing. (record form TR 26 NE 104 and possibly linked with this site as well.(2)

<1> CAT Annual Report, 1994-5. (OS Card Reference). SKE38716.

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Canterbury's Archaeology 1994 - 1995, CAT Annual Report, 1994-5. (Serial). SKE11882.

<2> English Heritage Scheduling Section, 1999, Anglo-Saxon Cemetery and Associated Remains at Monkton, 550m North of Walters Hall Farm (Scheduling record). SKE11849.