In 2008 Wessex Archaeology carried out an excavation associated with the construction of a new pond at the Weatherlees Waste Water Treatment Works. A sequence of late iron age / early Roman boundary ditches was discovered as well as a medieval field system and associated pits (see ).

During the late iron age the area was a peninsula of high ground with water to east and west. The iron age ditches are interpreted as defining a large enclosure at the next of the peninsula. The largest iron age ditch was later re-cut by a Roman ditch. This early Roman ditch was deep and V-shaped and has been interpreted as defensive in nature - possibly associated with Caesar's invasions of 55 and 54 BC. This sequence was also noted in the later East Kent Access Route excavations (see TR 36 SW 346). Human remains were found in both the iron age and Roman ditches.

<1> Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture, 2011, East Kent Access (Phase II), Thanet, Kent: Post-Excavation Assessment Volume 1 (Unpublished document). SKE29279.