Scalers Hill (West of), ARC WSH 98

The Oxford Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Union Railways Limited to conduct a field evaluation of 2.2ha of land south of the A2 and line of the Roman Watling Street and west of Scalers Hill (NGR TQ 66900 69800), as part of a wider programme of archaeological investigations along the route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The site is presently a mix of grassland and arable cultivation and comprises an area c. 60m wide and for 450 m in length. The underlying geology is sand and silt of the Thanet Beds. Eight evaluation trenches were excavated and a concentration of archaeological features were located in two adjacent trenches. The features comprised three substantial ditches in addition to two gullies, a posthole and a small pit.