Evidence of ditches and fence-lines suggest the beginnings of a more formal agricultural landscape in the area, from the edge of the former marshland and inland (i.e. TQ 87 SW 73), during the late bronze age. No clear evidence of a domestic settlement was found, but what features have been found suggest that any domestic occupation may have been seasonal/temporary related to pastorlism and saltworking.

Uninterrupted activity continued into the early Iron Age with further land divisions and evidence of “semi-industrial" activity. A probable round-house, suggested by a circular ring-gully, within an enclosure and associated features suggest that occupation in the area was on a more permanent basis close to salt works as briquetage fragments were found in a number of pits. (1-4)

Archaeology South-East, 2001, An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). Ske12300.

Archaeology South-East, 2003, Archaeology South-East Kingsnorth Power Station, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). Ske12370.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2002, A Post-Excavation Assessment of Archaeological Investigations at the Damhead Creek Power Station Exclusion Area (Unpublished document). Ske12369.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2004, Archaeological Investigations at Damhead Creek Power Station and Associated Works, Hoo St. Werburgh (Unpublished document). SKE15789.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2003, Archaeology South-East Kingsnorth Power Station, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12370.

<3> Archaeology South-East, 2001, An Archaeological Evaluation at Damhead Creek Power Station Habitat Exclusion Area, Kingsnorth, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12300.

<4> Archaeology South-East, 2002, A Post-Excavation Assessment of Archaeological Investigations at the Damhead Creek Power Station Exclusion Area (Unpublished document). SKE12369.