A Bronze Age Beaker Burial and a barrow were unexpectedly discovered in an excavation at Tayne Field, Lyminge as part of the Anglo-Saxon oriented Lyminge Archaeological Project in 2014.

The Beaker burial was located in Trench 2. It was a crouched bruial with a pottery 'accessory' vessel and a perforated bone toggle.

The barrow had first revealed iytself as a 20m diameter ring ditch in the geophysical survey on the site and was confirmed in April 2014 during a trial excavation. Urned and un-urned cremat8ions were found in the midpoint of the barrow. A host of associated finds were recovered after cutting across the ring ditch including a Bronze Age copper alloy rapier or dirk, diagnostic flint and a small assemblage of animal bone as well as a copper alloy tanged chisel.

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<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2015, Lyminge Excavations 2014: Interim Report on the University of Reading Excavations at Lyminge, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE31292.