In 2015 a watching brief was carried out at Mill house, Nonington. No archaeological features were recovered but there were a number of finds.

From the report:
" Topsoil (Context 1): 2 (77g) broken pieces of Kentish peg tile, 1x small piece of pottery (7g), probably from a small twentieth century flower pot and 6 (85g) prehistoric struck flints (see below).

Subsoil (Context 2): 14 (18g) very small, heavily abraded prehistoric potsherds probably Bronze Age in origin. 1 (1g) small, abraded potsherd of medieval date. 1 very small piece of daub. 31 (848g) prehistoric struck flints. 5 small fragments and 1 large calcined flint (188g).

Prehistoric flintwork
Thirty-seven prehistoric struck flints (933g) were recovered. Most of these were found in the subsoil. Some are unpatinated, but most pieces show traces of a mottled medium to light blue patina. All the flints appear to have been struck from locally collected downland flint; six are from Bullhead nodules. About two-thirds of the pieces are secondary waste flakes and the remainder tertiaries; there are no primary flakes. A few show evidence of a hinge fracture; blades and blade-like flakes are rare and there is only one core.

Virtually all the flints are unworked and there are no well-made implements. Four pieces show some evidence of working into tools. In the topsoil, one flake has a small worked notch on the edge with steep retouch as blunting along the opposite edge. From the subsoil, there is one secondary flake worked into a piercer, a largish secondary flake roughly worked around one end to form a crude scraper and a small blade-like flake of Bullhead flint showing signs of utilisation along both edges. The core, which has two-platforms, also comes from the subsoil layer and weighs 151g. The bulk of the flakes removed from it have been taken from a single platform but at least one other flake has been detached from a second platform at an approximate right angle to the main one.

The general impression gained is that this assemblage represents a single relatively crude industry. In the absence of any specifically diagnostic pieces for dating, a broad late Neolithic to Bronze Age range seems most likely. At least some of the pieces could be contemporary with the probable Bronze Age pottery recovered.

In addition to struck flintwork, six fragments of burnt (calcined), unmodified flint were recovered. These range from 8 to 188g in weight and are likely to be contemporary with the struck material…

Although no features or deposits of archaeological significance were revealed during excavation, the finds recovered, particularly the prehistoric pottery (broadly confined to within a 12m area at the south-east of the excavation), suggests that features and deposits of archaeological significance may be present below the subsoil (2) horizon. " (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2015, Mill House, Cold Blow, Nonington. Archaeological Watching Brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE31708.