Excavation by R.L. Ellaby for Holmesdale Archaeological Group and SyAS (reported Feb 1976) revealed a large mass of Mesolithic flints in soil redeposited over a 13th century site containing two firepits. (124)
Excavation by Rosamond Hanworth for SyAS and DOE located the course of Stane Street as a terrace cut into the chalk, possibly by the use of a plough (check SyAC 94).
Excavation and recording by Vivien Ettlinger for SyAS (reported 1978) revealed undateable floor or demolition levels of an earlier church, and a quantity of RB tile and pottery from disturbed soil over the natural subsoil. (150)
Excavation (1976) by M.G. O'Connell for SyAS and DOE revealed a probable first century Roman ditch, later RB pottery, two 13th/14th century features and later material. (129) (See also SyAC 72, pp 49-62)