Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Award winning community group – that’s SWAG

Posted on 21st November 2025 by Ruiha Smalley

The Gravesham Heritage Forum have just pressented Shorne Woods Archaeology Group with an award to recognise our contribution to the heritage of the Gravesham area. We are very chuffed. Thank-you to all our incredible volunteers who helped us achieve this … Continue reading →

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Brick production in the Park

Posted on 31st October 2025 by Ruiha Smalley

This week we were very fortunate to have a site visit from David Cufley, an expert on brick production in the south-east. He has confirmed that the site is probably Victorian in date. This ties in nicely with a Victorian … Continue reading →

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Halloween event

Posted on 25th October 2025 by Ruiha Smalley

Another successful SWAG public engagement day. Almost three hundred children and adults joined us for a Halloween themed excavation at Shorne Woods Country Park. The children enthusiastically excavated the notorious ‘bone pit’ and made up over a hundred Witch Bottles … Continue reading →

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New excavation at the Park

Posted on 7th October 2025 by Ruiha Smalley

Early in October we began to excavate the tile dump at the north eastern corner of Shorne Park. The mound was noted as an anomaly on the parks LiDAR chart and we ground-truthed it earlier in the year. We found … Continue reading →

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Gravesend Dig news

Posted on 30th September 2025 by Ruiha Smalley

The video of our Gravesend dig last summer is now out on YouTube. Click here: https://youtu.be/fMZnYAqp-iM?si=mvw-Rx4H3vVNphVp

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