During excavation in advance of new housing in 2004/5 a series of late bronze age enclosures were found. The 'central' enclosure was probably constructed after the northern enclosure which it seemed to respect. It was sub circular, the outer ditch was horseshoe shaped, open on the northern side and c. 38m in diameter. It was a simple single phased ditch on the western side with a shallow U shaped profile approximately 2m wide at the surface and up to 0.38m in depth. The western edge of the western side of the ditch had been truncated by an amorphous feature or features. There was evidence on the southern and eastern sides of the enclosure for re cutting but the initial phase appears however to have been c.2m wide and 0.9m deep. The original entrance was on the east but this was closed off at some point by a substantial ditch which had a maximum width of 3.4m and depth of 1.05m at the southern end but narrowed at the north to 1m in width and 0.5m in depth. The outer ditch enclosed a second smaller discontinuous horseshoe shaped arc 25m across which was open to the east. The inner was separated from the outer by 3.5m. Nine copper alloy ingots and fragments and a shale armlet was found in the ditches and burnt flint, bone and pottery (one sherd dated to c.1030-895 BC by radiocarbon dating) was also found. On the basis of the finds evidence the enclosure probably dated to the first half to the 10th century BC with a second phase began in c. 9th century and which saw the ditch recut.

A number of features lay within the area defined by the inner ditch, mostly pits, post holes, stake holes and hollows. Most of these features contained small quantities of pottery and struck flint. One pit contained a small quantity of cremated human bone and some of the pits contained more interesting assemblages of pottery including one pit which contained the sherds from at least five vessels including substantial portions of a jar with fingertip impressions. One unusual feature of the find assemblage associated with the central enclosure and its interior features was the number of flint hammerstones (9 from this enclosure and a tenth from the northern enclosure). Around and above this group of pits, post holes and associated features was a 0.2m deep spread of dark soil which contained abundant charcoal and an assemblage of material including burnt flint, worked flint, animal bone, fired clay, and pottery (sherds from at least 12 vessels). The layer seems likely to have formed as a result of whatever activities were being undertaken in the enclosure, particularly within the area of the post holes. It is likely that this layer dates to the 9th century and pottery coming from the upper fills of the pits and the top of this layer produced a date of 905-810 cal BC. (information summarised from sources) (1-3)

In the south east corner of the excavated area, a number of intersecting linear and other features were uncovered, between the Early Bronze Age Barrows 5 and 6. None of the short lengths of ditch appear to resolve into meaningful patterns and it is difficult to ascribe a purpose beyond the general definition of a boundary. They may have been contemporary with and associated with the enclosures as pottery of a Bronze age date was uncovered. It may be that they formed part of some sort of structure separating the mortuary feature from the activity to the east, beyond the excavated area. (information summarised from sources) (1-3)

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE13692.

<2> Jacqueline I. McKinley, Jörn Schuster and Andrew Millard, 2013, Dead-sea connections: A Bronze Age and Iron Age ritual site on the Isle of Thanet (Bibliographic reference). SKE24068.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2014, Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: a mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period (Bibliographic reference). SKE30562.