[Centred TR 21756617] Cropmarks of contiguous rectilinear enclosures. (1) The ground has been freshly ploughed; nothing was seen. (2) Additional bibliography. (3-7) RCHME AP shows linear and curvlinear faetures running through the site, a staple enclosure and ring ditch in addition to the 3 rectilinear enclosures. (8)

Additional Reference(10)

In 1976 gravel extraction was planned for an area previously identified as having numerous cropmarks. Excavation ran from May until November and found a mass of pits, ditches, round huts. A 'mini-hill fort' was found at the north end of the site. Following the abandonment and filling in of the 'mini-hill fort's' ditch, large open areas of settlement of the Middle and Late Iron Age were established. These were in turn overlaid by a Late Iron Age and Roman field system. A Roman corn drying oven was found in an earlier excavation of 1975. A timber building with double lines of post holes may be of early Anglo-Saxon date. A ring ditch was also seen adjacent to the excavated site. (5)

A small Roman inhumation cemetery is also described as being located in this area. (10)

<1> St Joseph AP ADI 39 (OS Card Reference). SKE49619.

<2> F1 ASP 26-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42305.

<3> DOE Arch Excav 1976 61 85 129 (OS Card Reference). SKE40790.

<4> CA 53 1975 177-8 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE38470.

<5> Arch Cant 92 1976 236 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36089.

<6> Brit 8 1977 424-425 (S S Frere) (OS Card Reference). SKE38331.

<7> Brit 7 1976 376 (R Goodburn) (OS Card Reference). SKE38329.

<8> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 34 - February, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5870.

<9> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, RCHME Kent Pilot Mapping Programme Plot. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<10> Archaeology Collective, TECHNICAL APPENDIX 9-01 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land off Island Road, Hersden, Canterbury, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE55910.