Before 1921 Samian, a quernstone and Roman tile were found in a sandpit near Deal Gas Works (a). Excavations on the Gas Works site itself, TR 374534, in 1895, revealed that the blown sand here was ten feet thick, over subsoil of four feet of peat, with bog oak (2). (1,2)

Additional Info(4).

<1> The Story of Dola: Romantic Hist of Early Britain 1921 133 (H S Chapman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50520.

<2> Parfitt, K., 1982, Roman Finds from the Sandhills, North of Deal, KAR 70 1982 225 (K Parfitt) (Article in serial). SKE8141.

<3> Arch Cant 24 1900 108-9 (G Dowker) (OS Card Reference). SKE34864.

<4> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, Proposed Supermarket Development, West Street, Deal, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7108.