124 trial trenches, each originally measuring 30 m in length and 2.1 m wide, were excavated in level spits using a 360� excavator equipped with a toothless bucket, under the constant supervision and instruction of the monitoring archaeologist. Machine excavation proceeded until either the archaeological horizon or the natural geology was exposed. Where necessary, the base of the trench/surface of archaeological deposits were cleaned by hand. A sample of archaeological features and deposits was hand-excavated, sufficient to address the aims of the evaluation. Spoil from machine stripping and hand-excavated archaeological deposits was visually scanned for the purposes of finds retrieval. Artefacts were collected and bagged by context. All artefacts from excavated contexts were retained. Based on the results of this trial trench evaluation five areas, totalling 0.66 ha, were targeted for subsequent investigation through archaeological excavation under Wessex Archaeology project code 235881. The excavations were undertaken in accordance with a written scheme of investigation (WSI), which detailed the aims, methodologies and standards to be employed for the fieldwork and post-excavation work (Wessex Archaeology 2022b). Kent County Council's Heritage Conservation Team (KCC HCT) approved the WSI, on behalf of the Local Planning Authority (LPA), prior to the fieldwork. Please see Wessex Archaeology report ref:253882.1 for further excavation methodology. The evaluation was undertaken between 21st February to 23th March 2022 and the excavation fieldwork was undertaken between 4th July and 16th August 2022. A Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age ditch, initially recorded during the trial trenching, was more fully exposed and investigated, although no contemporary remains were identified. Another less closely dated but nevertheless late prehistoric (c. late 2nd-1st millennium BC) ditch was exposed 190 m to the south; this may, very tentatively, have formed part of a trackway along with two further, inconclusively dated sections of ditch. Other traces of prehistoric activity were limited to a very sparse assemblage of chronologically undiagnostic worked flint and pottery from undated or clearly later contexts A possible Romano-British hollow-way and several contemporary ditches, probably forming part of a field system, were recorded in another area to the east. The only other convincingly Romano-British feature was an isolated pit, although small amounts of pottery and pi...