Evaluation and subsequent excavation undertaken by OAU between 1997-99 at the East of Station Road / Church Lane site, as part of CTRL works. Mesolithic to medieval features found.

Four widely-spaced parallel ditches, running down the hillside towards the stream. May form part of a field system; if so it is one of the earliest known in the area. (1-5)

<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1999, Church Lane, Smeeth, Kent (ARCCHL 98) & East of Station Road, Smeeth, Kent (ARCSTR 99) (Unpublished document). SKe6899.

<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 2001, East of Station Road / Church Lane: Post Excavation Report (Unpublished document). SKE16510.

<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1997, Station Road to Church Lane, Sellindge, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE6894.

<3> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1999, Church Lane, Smeeth, Kent (ARCCHL 98) & East of Station Road, Smeeth, Kent (ARCSTR 99) (Unpublished document). SKE6899.

<4> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16486.

<5> Oxford Archaeology, 2003, CRTL Project Area 440 Archaeological Watching Briefs ARC 440 99 (Unpublished document). SKE16618.