Whilst excavating for the new soakaway on the Hawkinge site a wide, but shallow feature was revealed cut into the underlying Clay-with-Flints subsoil. The width of the feature was not discovered, however it did exceed the the soakaway, therefore it was at least 3m in width. The base sloped gently from the south, west and east to the north-east, from 0.89m - 1.23m below ground level. It is possible that the feature deepened beyond the excavated area. The base was lined with 6-10cm of an uneven deposit of dark grey/black silty cay, containing small to medium flins and ironstone pieces. This in turn was sealed by a similar deposit, with less flints and also contained twelve sherds of Roman pottery. The deposits of black silty clay suggest that it represents accumulations of silt and vegetable matter, which could relate to a pond like feature.