In 1992 Dover Archaeological Group carried out a watching brief during excavation of foundations for a housing development. A probable inhumation grave was found. No human remains had survived but a heavy bronze buckle with shoe-shaped rivets and an iron knife were found. These were thought to date to the 6th century. Two other finds which could also have come from graves were recovered via metal detecting on the site; these were a decorated gilded silver sword pommel (of 6th or 7th century AD date) and a cruciform brooch (of 6th century AD date). A pit and a gully were also found, both containing Anglo-Saxon pottery, and the pit containing German lava-stone quern fragments. (1)

<1> Dover Archaeological Group, 1993, Ash 1992, Mill Field: Archaeological Watching Brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE6737.