The construction of a water pipeline across the North Downs has revealed evidence of a 1st-century settlement at Downe, Bromley. A similar date has been obtained from remains discovered at the former Erith School in Northumberland Heath. Only limited areas were available for investigation and it is not possible to be precise about the form and function of the sites, but together they make a significant contribution to reconstructing settlement patterns during a period of apparent social and political change. At Old Ford, excavation in advance of community housing revealed further evidence of the London to Colchester Roman road with contemporary agricultural, settlement, and burial activity. This project stimulated a very useful discussion within the wider archaeological community on the academic objectives of partial excavation of such a feature. Evaluation at the southern end of Brockley Hill has identified 2 areas of Roman settlement evidence, although the general alignment of boundary ditches is at an angle to Watling Street, possibly suggesting that this could be the site of the settlement of Sulloniacae.
