During excavations carried out off Manston Road ahead of the redevelopment of the site In 2007/8 a small assemblage of Neolithic worked flint was recorded. Many of the pieces in the assemblage have the characteristics of an earlier Neolithic flint-working technology. An end scraper on a soft hammerstruck flake, and a side scraper on a hard hammer-struck flake, both of which had platform preparation; could all be Early Neolithic. Two end scrapers may also be Early Neolithic in date. Other implements include a notched hard-hammer struck flake, and a miscellaneous retouched piece and there were also a few flakes and fragments with small sections of retouch. A hard hammer-struck blade had some retouch/abrasion along one lateral edge suggesting it had been utilised. A small knife manufactured from Bullhead flint had invasive retouch along one lateral edge and evidence for utilisation and may be Early Neolithic. A petit-tranchet arrowhead was also uncovered, this is a type of arrowhead commonly dated to the Later Neolithic. (information summarised from source) (1-2)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2009, Archaeological Investigations at the Former Allotments Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent: Post-excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication (Unpublished document). SKE17961.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2011, Archaeological Investigations at the former Allotments Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE18206.