These features are recorded in the desk-based assessment by SWAT Archaeology for land at Thorn Farm, Stone Street, Stelling Minnis. The report states that there is low or undefinied probability for archaeology from the Iron Age or earlier, and for the Medieval, Post-Medieval and Modern area. However, the report states that there is a high likelihood of Romano-British archaeology at the site. The report states in this regard: "The assessment area has one of the major roads of Roman Kent adjacent to the proposed development area (PDA) (TR 14 NW 53). Ivan Margary in his seminal book - Roman Roads in Britain: 1 - published in 1955 says: 'This fine example of a Roman road was laid out upon a single alignment, almost due south, from the high ground outside Canterbury to the ridge above Monks Horton 10 miles off and is still in use throughout…near Upper Hardres and Stelling Minnis, it is especially well preserved as a clear raised agger…This road is included in Iter IV of the Antonine Itinerary, and the length of the stage is given as 16 miles (Margary 1955: 25-26).
It is of some importance that just south of the PDA cropmarks have been identified as 'former field boundaries' (TR 14 NW 13) and work for this desk based assessment has identified a possible large Roman building and earlier earthworks associated with these cropmarks.
Other finds from the Roman period include a Roman gold finger ring dating to the late 4th or early 5th century and found 200m north of the PDA (MKE96742). In addition, a very fine sculptural copper alloy fragment of a Roman tripod was found 300m to the east of the PDA (MKE 96699). (1)

<1> Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2015, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment in advance of proposed development of land at Thorn Farm, Stone Street, Stelling Minnis, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31627.