(summarised from publication)

A Saxon structure was located and excavated within the south eastern extension of the northern excavation site, to the north west of Market Street. The structure first appeared as a ill defined hollow cut by numerous Medieval pits and cut into the late Roman Deposits. Further excavation revealed that it was sub rectangular with an estimated length of 4.5m and width of about 2.6m, and had been cut into the underlying features by approximately 0.6m.

There is no evidence of a floor and little evidence of the form of the structure itself other than four post holes and a single stake hole. The largest of these post holes, located at the eastern end of the hut, may have held up the roof along with another (now lost) at the western end. The overlying stratification suggests that the hut was deliberately and quickly infilled, to a depth of approximately 50cm. It was then covered by a succession of later deposits which accumulated at a slower pace between the 9th and 10th centuries. It was finally sealed my medieval metalling. A date of the 7th -8th centuries has been given for the constuction, use and demolition of this hut. (1)

<1> Brian Philp., 2003, The Discovery and Excavation of Anglo Saxon Dover (Monograph). SKE31831.