In February 1949, during excavations for the foundations of the new Deal Mongeham County Primary School, a crouched burial was found at a depth of about 5.5 feet in a pit dug into the chalk and orientated ENE-WSW at approx TR 35765193. The burial was accompanied by a barrel-shaped B2 beaker with incised lines and a cordon below the rim, and possibly by a second. The beaker was dated to c1000 BC. The beaker and skull are in Deal Castle Museum (Stebbing Collection). (1)

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<1> F1 ASP 21-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42222.

<2> Arch Cant 64 1951 150 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35371.

<3> Arch Cant 68 1954 204 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35427.

<4> Field report for monument TR 35 SE 9 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6077.

<5> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7108.