From the excavation report:

"An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at 14 and 16 The Brent, Dartford, Kent, between the 6th and 8th of February on behalf of Urban Enhance Ltd. Two trenches, each 10m x 2m, were excavated to assess the archaeological potential of the site. In addition two geo-archaeological test pits were excavated, one in each trench, through the natural deposits to the underlying, chalk bedrock. These were excavated to assess the potential of the Pleistocene deposits for lithologicalor significant artefacts from this era but nothing of archaeological interest was discovered in these test pits.

The underlying natural of mid red brown coarse sand was encountered at a maximum height of 35.33m OD in the southeast of the site falling away to 34.99m OD in the north. Above the natural there was a mid brown clay silt subsoil and above this a black, humic topsoil.

A cluster of late 19th - early 20th century refuse pits were observed cutting through the subsoil in Trench 2 to the south of the site. These pits had an artefact assemblage of animal bone, glass, ceramic building materal, pottery, corroded iron, leather and linoleum. A sample of these was taken for verification with the rest discarded on-site.

Located at the northern end of the Trench 1, a shallow linear feature was cut into the natural. Although no dating evidence was recovered from this feature it was sealed by the subsoil and therefore predates the pits in Trench 2.

Two geo-archaeological test pits were also excavated which revealed fluvial deposits." (1)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2008, An Archaeological Evaluation at 14 & 16 The Brent, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1YE (Unpublished document). SKE13319.