A small area of burnt earth containing briquetage, Romano-British pottery, and a piece of salt glazing were found after ploughing near The Mean. During a subsequent excavation by the Lower Medway Archaeological Research Group no structures were found. Evidence of large salt mounds and possible evaporating vessels or large salt-moulds were found along with greenish slag like that found on Romano-British salt panning sites. The small finds included coarse-ware pottery, fragments of building materials and lumps of decayed mortar. Summary from record TQ 77 NE 12: A Romano-British salt making site in Middle Marsh. The remains of this site was suggested by the presence of a few sherds of Romano-British coarse pottery found during ploughing. More sherds of this pottery were subsequently found in trial trenches. Most was of a sandy red fabric and was dated to the second century. Fragments of roofing tile, bonding tiles and glass were also found, togetther with lumps of decayed mortar.