Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Kent County Council consultation on windmills

The consultation on the future of KCC maintained Windmills will close in January 2024. The Kent County Council (KCC) owns and is responsible for the preservation of eight historic windmills across the county. Due to the ongoing financial challenges faced … Continue reading

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Our current project at Shorne

We are excavating a building about 100 metres from Randall Manor. The building appears to have had at least two phases and to be from the medieval period. Much of it has been constructed using reclaimed material from the Manor … Continue reading

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Update

The weather hasn’t been ideal for returning to our excavations on the platform near Randall but we have started to plan for events next year, including the Festival of Archaeology in July, with its theme of Community! We have also progressed … Continue reading

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Late Antiquity & recent UK excavations: public lectures

The Classics and Archaeology Department at the University of Kent have a series of public lectures that have just begun that might interest you all. See the posters below for details.

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Sad news – Dennis and Roger.

Unfortunately we have some sad news for all friends of Shorne Woods and those who have volunteered at the park over the past 10+ years. We have lost a couple of treasured team members during the year. Dennis Rozier, much … Continue reading

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