In 2013 Headland Archaeology carried out an evaluation. Ditches were found across the area, forming a field system broadly dated to the later prehistoric period. Neolithic and Bronze Age worked flints and abraded pottery were found distributed across the system. These finds are thought to be residual, resulting from the disturbance of earlier deposits during the agricultural activity of the later prehistoric. (1)

<1> Headland Archaeology, Church Lane, Deal, Kent: Results of an Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SKE25986.