One main concentration of late iron age/Romano-British archaeology was identified during evaluation work at Eddington. A wide variety of features were recorded, the majority were dated to the late iron age and contained locally produced Belgic Type ceramics. The late iron age features were spread across the south western corner of the site, the later Romano-British features in the central southern part of this area. The pottery assemblage recovered suggested occupation of the site from the early first century BC through to AD 250. One trench revealed the broken ceramic base of a possible cremation vessel. It should be noted that many of the features also contained flint tempered pottery and so it was hard to draw a distinction between the identified late bronze age/early iron age field system (see TR 16 NE 85) and the later late iron age/Romano-British field system evidence. Previous archaeological work north of the Thanet way had also identified features of late iron age and Romano-British date, which may represent part of the same site or sites.
See also TR 16 NE 87 for later mid-early medieval activity [1].
Evaluation and excavation work to the west, within the grounds of Herne Bay High School, revealed further large numbers of late iron age/early Roman features, tied into the evidence from this site (see TR 16 NE 88 and also TR 16 NE 89-91) [2, 3 and 4].

Phase II of the excavations was carried out by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2000. Late Iron Age/Romano British features included pits, pit complexes, post holes, ditches and curvilinear ditches and cremations which are thought tpo be the remains of rectangular and curvilinear enclosures and a cemetery area. There is also an early Anglo-Saxon enclosure.(5)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, An Archaeological Evaluation: Land South of the Thanet Way, Eddington, Herne Bay. 19 Aug-2 Sept 1998 (Unpublished document). SKE12756.

<2> Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, Herne Bay High School, Herne Bay, Kent. New All Weather Pitch. An Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE12770.

<3> Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2001, Herne Bay High School, Herne Bay, Kent. New All Weather Pitch. An Archaeological Excavation (Unpublished document). SKE12771.

<4> Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2001, An archaeological assessment and updated project design for the publication of Excavations at Herne Bay High School, Herne Bay, Kent, 2001 (Unpublished document). SKE12772.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2000, Eddington Phase II, Interim Report No.3 (Unpublished document). SKE29242.