In 2004 a trial trenching evaluation was carried out by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in advance of residential development. 33 trenches were excavated, 10 of which (tr 2, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24 and 25) produced archaeological features. Residual prehistoric pottery was found in trenches 6, 19 and 32. Several test pits were also excavated to assess the survival of palaeosoils but none were found.

25 features were provisionally dated to the late bronze age / early iron age (c.900 BC - 600 BC). These include a round house, represented by 7 postholes and a drip gully and a number of other features. There were also 12 pits (trenches 2, 11, 12, 15, 17, 22 and 25) , some of which contained domestic refuse and two boundary ditches (trenches 16 and 24). Three cremation burlals were also found in trench 15. The features were concentrated on the west of the site and may represent a settlement located on the upper slopes of Holborough valley on a site overlooking the river Medway.

Finds at the site included animal bone, daub, pottery, burnt flint and slag.

Two chalk extraction pits were also found dating to the mopdern period (c. AD 1850+) (1)

A subsequent excavation by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2004 found features relating to a domestic site of the Late Bronze Age. Ditches, a roundhouse, four post granaries, rubbish pits and cremations were all found. Finds included pottery, butchered animal remains, carbonised remains of pulses and grains and clay loom weights. One pit contained a number of fragments of Ewart Park sword moulds. (2) Further features of simliar types were found later in 2004 and 2005 during later phases of fieldwork (3)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2004, Archaeological evaluation of the Corn Field, Holborough Quarry, Snodland (Unpublished document). SKE15685.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, ?, The Swordsmiths of Snodland 900BC (Miscellaneous Material). SKE18133.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd, 2017, Archaeological excavations at Holborough Quarry, Snodland, Kent, 2004-2006, Final Report (Unpublished document). SKE52988.