In 1997 an evaluation of the area investigated a dry valley at the bottom of the North Downs escarpment in a site adjacent to two reputed Neolithic monuments; The White Horse Stone and Smythe's Megalith. No evidence of Neolithic activity was discovered which linked with these two sites. A thin scatter of archaeological features was found in four trenches dug in the upper part of the valley area. Most were boundary or drainage ditches of the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, although a single Roman potsherd was found in one trench. Neither the western valley slope or the central part of the valley bottom had many archaeological deposits. Close to Smythe's Megalith a thick localised deposit of flint gravel contained a sherd of Neolithic pottery. The initial assessment of a possible burial mound was discarded in favour of soil erosion. In the south east corner of the site five trenches were dug through as much as 1.2m of hill wash. Small quantities of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery were found. Studies of molluscs and plant micro fossils suggested a change from woodland use to open country, perhaps as a result of human activity. The evaluation also looked at a trackway for a possible Roman road between Rochester and Hastings but no evidence was found. A pit containinganimal bones and Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age pottery was found by the trackway.