In 2005 Archaeology South-East carried out an evaluation, finding a burial. (1)

In 2005 the Trust for Thanet Archaeology carried out an excavation. Two Early Bronze Age burials were found. The first was in a large pit and may have been in a coffin or a hollowed log. The burial was of an adult male aged around 45 in a crouched position. Adjacent to the head was a comb decorated Beaker vessel. The Beaker is an early type, equating to Clarke's Wessex/Mid Rhine Group or step 3 of the Lanting and van der Waals scheme, thought to date to around 2300 BC. The skeleton though was radiocarbon dated to 1902 (+/- 33) BC. This apparently conforms to a recognised local pattern of late dates for apparently early Beaker styles. Other grave goods found with the burial were three barbed and tanged flint arrowheads found near the lower back, an angular flint in the chest area and a tiny fragment of amber near the head.

The second grave truncated the north eastern corner of the first. The burial was of a woman aged around 30 in a very tightly crouched position. A barbed and tanged arrowhead (of Sutton 'B' type) was recovered from the soil filling the skull. The upper fill of the grave pit contained many sherds, mainly of Beaker fabrics and therefore may relate to feasting or other rituals carried out as part of the funeral. Worked flints were also found in this deposit. (2-3)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2005, An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peter's Road, Margate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12544.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2005, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peter's Road, Maraget, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE13023.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2005, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peter's Road, Margate, Kent: Excavation Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE24007.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2006, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, St Peter's Road, Margate, Kent: Archaeological Report (Unpublished document). SKE18294.