From the report: "Field walking two years ago identified the remains of a Roman building at Borden just to the south of Sittingbourne. An initial geophysical survey was inconclusive but a follow up archaeological evaluation exposed the remains of Roman foundation walls. The building is on the fringe of the field and because of deep ploughing most of the structure has been ploughed away and just survives below the plough zone. As a Roman villa the building should face southeast and it is possible that we have exposed the southern ‘wing’ of the villa with the rest of the ‘winged’ villa awaiting discovery to the north-east. Incidentally in an area that field walking has retrieved hundreds
of sherds of Samian ware which now await dating. Artefacts retrieved by excavation and field walking include multi coloured painted plaster, hundreds of terracotta tessellated floor tiles, box flue tiles which show the building had central heating and literally tons of ceramic roof tiles, both tegula and imbrix. This is just another Roman villa along the north Kent strip of Watling Street and now takes the number of known Roman villas to 22 and we are sure there are others awaiting discovery."

Kent Archaeological Field School, 2016, Research News: Roman villa found near Sittingbourne, Kent UK, Summer/Autumn 2016 Newsletter from the Kent Archaeological Field School (Miscellaneous Material). SKE31814.