(TR 15335760 deduced from map and OS 1:1250 1972. Evidence for early twelfth century metalworking in the eastern suburb of the city was discovered during May 1988 in trenches cut for a new extension to The Two Sawyers public house opposite the intersection of Ivy Lane and Love Lane. Below the pub's concrete yard, recent overburden and a thick deposit of garden loam was a well-defined horizon of burnt earth containing ash, cinders, burnt clay and copious amounts of iron slag. This distinct layer, approximately 150m thick was associated with pits and shallow scoops in the underlying natural brickearth, which contained further deposits of slag and late eleventh or early twelfth century pot sherds. A discrete layer of fired clay identified in section in the south-west corner of the new extension was tentatively identified as a working floor or the slighted remains of a nearby furnace. (1)

<1> Canterbury's Archaeology 1987-88, 28 map (P Bennett and M Houliston) (OS Card Reference). SKE38579.