They revealed a post built hall complex in Trench 1, the contiunuation of the Western Hall Complex in Trench 2 and in Trench 1, a geophysical anomaly lovingly called "The Blob" by the team, when excavated, revealed an incredibly complex host of features including an intact hearth that could not be amply investigated and interpreted given the time constraints of the excavation.

In Trench 1, the post built hall complex was revealed by a complex arrangement of post holes. There is no stratigraphic evidence to suggest whether the barrow was visible at this time but the writer suggests in the report that the barrow's presence may have influenced the placement of the hall. The hall complex seems to have at least three phases of building. Its function remains obscure due to its truncated floor level.
Associated artefacts include a copper alloy brooch and a delicate copper allow pin.
The complex appears to date to the 6th century AD.

"The blob" was also situated in Trench 1. It had previously been highlighted a sa geophsyical anomaly and was thus investigated in this season of excavation. It at first manifested as a rich dark fill with a surface scatter of cultural mateiral (pottery, animal bone, marine shell and was thus first excavated as a series of 1m x1m squares but it soon became apparent that "The Blob" extended much deeper than first expected. There was a sequence of 3 phases of deposited material: an infilling similar to that of the rest of the site, a middle phase of charcoal, iron slag and burnt clay deposits and a lower zone of dumped midden material. Two in situ hearths were uncovered during the excavation of The Blob and it was found the whole deposit covered in situ flint nodules.
Associated artefacts included fine metal working such as a copper alloy mount bearing, a radiate-headed brooch, as well as, copper alloy working scraps, mould and crucible fragments, and vessel glass as well as a large assemblage of animal bone.

The Western Hall Complex was uncovered further (to the 2013 excavations) in Trench 2. It is thought to date from the 7th century AD.

Saxo-Norman pit clusters and more of the medieval ditch from the 2013 excavation were also uncovered during this season's excavation.

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In 2018, Gabor Thomas published an article reinterpreting and comparing the mead-halls at Lyminge with early medieval halls excavated at Dover and Eynsford. (3)

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2015, Lyminge Excavations 2014: Interim Report on the University of Reading Excavations at Lyminge, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE31292.

<3> Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2018, Mead-Halls of the Oicingas, A new Kentish perspective on the Anglo-Saxon Great Hall complex phenomenon (Unpublished document). SKE53121.