Area E was a portion of the Grain-Shorne pipeline excavated in 2009.

In the Middle Iron Age/Late Iron Age a number of pits was dug. One was 0.6m in diameter and 0.08m deep and cut the Early Bronze Age ring ditch. It contained residual Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery as well as a vessel base dated to between 50 BC and AD 40.

There was a field boundary dug in the area in the Roman period. (1-2)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2009, Archaeological investigations at Grain - Shorne pipeline, Isle of Grain, Kent: Phase 7 Post-excavation assessment and project design for publication [DRAFT] (Unpublished document). SKE15791.

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2012, Archaeological Investigations along the Isle of Grain – Shorne Pipeline Route, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Publication Report (Unpublished document). SKE18113.