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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVE STIG ATIONS AT
CANTERBURY POLICE STATION
MICK DIACK
Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out a programme of evaluation,
excavation and watching brief work in advance of various alteration
that were being made to Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road (TR
1550 5725) over the course of several years. The evaluation took place
in ovember 1997 under the direction of Alison Hicks and involved the
cutting of five trenches (Trenches 1-5, Fig. 1) on land to the south and
east of the station (Hicks 1997; Hicks 2002). The evaluation was followed
by excavation from October to ovember 1999 directed by Alison Hicks,
with the assistance of the author. The excavation was limited to three
trenches (Trenches 6-8, Fig. I) close to the street frontage with Old Dover
Road (Plate I) and was limited to the area of maximum disturbance
PLATE I
General view of the site, looking east toward Old Do,·cr Road
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