Area of archaeological activity found during building work for extension of St. Mary's Primary School. The evidence is part of a larger archaeological complex the extent of which is unknown. (1)

The boundary ditch was located running across the central part of the site and was traced for a minimum distance of 14.45m. At the north-west end it was cut away by the existing school structure at the south east end it had been removed by a later pit which had produced a small quantity of Medieval material. The ditch itself failed to produce any finds in the 5.30m length excavated and must remain undated, although its relationship to feature 11 indicated that it cannot be later than the Medieval period. Most probably it served as a boundary marker between different properties. Where undamaged at the south-east, it was 1.1m wide and 0.55m deep with sloping sides and a dished base. The filling consisted of a series of orange clays with varying amounts of weathered chalk and some flints. Occasional flecks of charcoal occurred throughout these deposits but there were no other finds. (2)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, Report on Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Marys Primary School
Report on an Archaeological Watching-brief at St Mary's Primary School, Dover, 2001 (Unpublished document). SKE7904.

<2> Keith Parfitt, 2010, Archaeologia Cantiana: Medieval Upmarket ward of Dover. Vol. 130 (Article in serial). SKE31765.