A number of pits were found containing Early and Middle Iron Age pottery dating to c. 600/550-300 BC. These were presumed to be associated with the undated enclosure and possible hut circle. The pottery from one pit was fire damaged and contained sherds from 50 different vessels. Only one later Iron Age sherd was recovered, as a residual find in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery ditch (1-7). Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the pit suggests the pottery is more from the Middle Iron Age than the Earlier Iron Age but there is a bimodal distribution of the distribution with periods of either 400-350 cal BC or 320-200 cal BC more likely than one phase of use (8).

Prehistoric and undated features comprising pits and a hearth were also identified at the site. (1)

Additional bibliography. (9-11)

Micheal Allen, Elaine Morris and T.MacKinder, 2006, Cuxton Radiocarbon Report CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE15809.

<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1999, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Archaeological Excavation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKe7058.

<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Iron Age settlement and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Cuxton, Kent. Volume 1: The Site Report CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE15805.

<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKe7059.

<2> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial. An Archaeological Evaluation CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE15803.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKe7060.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1999, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Archaeological Excavation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE7058.

<4> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE7059.

<4> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKe7061.

<5> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE7060.

<6> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1997, Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Burial Phase 3 An Archaeological Evaluation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE7061.

<7> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2005, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Cuxton Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Cuxton, Kent (ARC CXT 98) CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE15808.

<9> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Radiocarbon dates from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16490.

<10> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, The Later Prehistoric Pottery from Excavations Along Section 1 of the CTRL (Unpublished document). SKE16486.

<11> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2006, Prehistoric Worked Flint from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Unpublished document). SKE16596.