Archaeology South-East undertook an archaeological evaluation on land at Common Road, Sissinghurst, Kent, between the 19th and 23rd November 2009. The work was commissioned by the Diocesan Architectural Services, on behalf of their client Sissinghurst CE Primary School, Kent.
Nineteen trenches were excavated with a cumulative length of 380m.

A single pit of probable 17th-19th century date was observed in Trench 11. A large irregular shallow pit was filled with two deposits, firstly a soft pale yellowy brown sandy silt containing clay tobacco pipe fragments dating to the late 17th to mid 18th centuries and 17th to 19th century brick fragments. This was overlain by a secondary fill of firm greyish brown clay containing peg tile from the 17th to 19th centuries and 19th century field drain segments. The finds from this feature indicate that the pit is of post medieval origin. The pit was sealed by the subsoil and topsoil of the site and continued into the unexcavated area.

An undatable small pit or posthole was observed in Trench 15. A single posthole or small pit was recorded cutting into natural and measured 0.50 metres in diameter and was 0.17 metres deep. The fill was very similar to the subsoil and contained no finds.

The topsoil and subsoil contained finds of late medieval to post medieval date, revealing mostly post medieval activity on the site. however, a medieval to early postmedieval copper-alloy spoon was recovered by metal detection from Trench 6. (1)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2009, An archaeological evaluation at Common Road, Sissinghurst, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE30555.