During an archaeological evaluation in 2003 two ditches were found capped by flints and Roman artefacts.Twenty-one pieces of worked flint were recovered in total from this trench. Seventeen of these were recovered from a colluvial subsoil, while a further four pieces of worked flint, and also burnt flint were located within the single fill of the ditch. (1) Later excavations across the area revealed an extensive Bronze Age field system of which the ditches dicovered here likely formed part. (2)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2004, Springhead Quarter Ebbsfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE12271.