Excavations carried out between 1998-2001 at the Saltwood Tunnel and Stone Farm Bridleway sites, by Canterbury Archaeology Trust and Wessex Archaeology, as part of the CTRL works.

Late Roman oven with stoke-hole, encroaching into the SE side of the western-most trackway (TR 13 NE 220). A number of pits c.25m to the north may be associated with the oven. The only other activity of this era were two inhumations (TR 13 NE 222) and two large deposits in the east and west, containing a quantity of late 4th century coins and late 3rd-early 5th century pottery, perhaps plough-disturbed deposits. Pottery from this period show increased trade networks and a reduction in local pottery production compared to the earlier Roman period. There is a further marked change in pottery supply after c.AD370. The pottery assemblage suggests a decline in activity on the site after AD300. (1)


See also TR 13 NE 210, which may or may not be of the same date.

Additional bibliography. (2-3)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Saltwood Tunnel Post Excavation Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16613.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, North of Saltwood Tunnel, Kent. Detailed Archaeological Works Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE6873.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1999, North of Saltwood Tunnel Kent (Unpublished document). SKE6883.