Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

The Cobham and cricket connection

Posted on 1st August 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

During the first week on the Mausoleum cottage dig we uncovered a number of small finds, including the ceramic base of what might be a mug (vase?). The decoration on the mug seems to show the bottom half of a … Continue reading →

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Day of Archaeology 2016

Posted on 31st July 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Click here to see an article on the Day of Archaeology website about the CLD summer dig: Day of Archaeology article

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Mausoleum cottage dig: end of week one

Posted on 31st July 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Here are some photos from the end of the first week of digging the cottage site. A number of finds went on display at the Maidstone Museum’s event for the 2016 Festival of Archaeology.  

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World War One stopline trench system revealed by lidar in Whitehorse Wood

Posted on 19th July 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

The following article, by Andrew Mayfield, was recently published in Archaeologia Cantiana*: In 2011, a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey was organised for the Medway Valley (reaching from Maidstone to Shorne and from Wrotham to Boxley). LIDAR surveys are … Continue reading →

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Event : The Brennan Torpedo Launch, Cliffe Fort, Kent

Posted on 13th July 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Installed in the late 19th century, the Cliffe Fort torpedo installation is one of only seven that were built in England (fifteen were planned). Yet the superstructure of this fascinating invention is now extremely eroded and in desperate need of recording. … Continue reading →

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