Westbere Water Treatment Works, Canterbury, Kent - Archaeological Watching Brief

Wessex Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording during the installation of a proposed storm tank in the. The works consisted of the supervised excavation of two trenches located at Westbere Water Treatment Works (WTW), Island Road, Westbere, Canterbury (centred on NGR 619963 161201).

Despite the potential for possible prehistoric features and the remains associated with a post-medieval field system, no archaeological finds, features, or deposits appeared during the monitored works. The stratigraphy encountered provided evidence for earlier ground disturbance works reaching the natural geology and thus suggesting the possibility that had any archaeological signature been present it may have been eradicated during earlier development.

It is noted, however, that due to the limited scope of the works undertaken, the survival of archaeological remains across the remainder of the area is unknown.