A small 3m length of ditch orientated east-west with the beginnings of a turn to the north dating to the Iron Age. (1)

Subsequent excavation found the ditch to run for 25m, being truncated at both ends by later activity. Two other ditches were also found, along with a possible pit. A number of tree throws were also found and these contained Iron Age pottery and a rim sherd of a Dressel 1A amphora of the later 2nd to mid 1st century BC. (2)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Stedlyn Retreat, Lynsted, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12495.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Stedlyn Retreat, Lynsted, Kent: Summary of Excavation Results And Assessment of Potential For Analysis And Publication (Unpublished document). SKE17671.