Between 1950-1 Frank Jenkins and John Boyle excavated on the site of 10-11 Castle Street and revealed the end of a large Iron Age ditch, with palisade, containing pottery dating to c. 300BC - AD43. A fragment of Roman flint masonry was also seen. (1-4)


A desk-based assessment of a nearby site in 2013 suggested that pottery recovered from the site was dated to between 850/750-600 BC, with the latest material dating from around 300 BC. (5)

<1> Andrews, G., 1985, An Assessment. Gazetteer of Excavations. Prehistoric, Belgic and Roman Excavations (Monograph). SKE30006.

<2> Blockley, P., 1988, St John's Lane (Article in serial). SKE30492.

<3> Macpherson-Grant, N., 1991, A Re-Appraisal of the Prehistoric Pottery from 10-11 Castle Street, Canterbury (Excavation archive). SKE30503.

<4> Brade-Birks, SG, 1951, Addendum (Article in serial). SKE30502.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd., ST JOHN’S LANE CANTERBURY KENT Provisional desk-based assessment (Unpublished document). SKE55784.