Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Cobham Landscape Detectives research note 2: schedule to Norton’s map of 1641

Posted on 5th August 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Medway Archives: ref  U565 P1 *Checked against the original but some entries are illegible.   ………………………………………………..Acrs  rods perches 1          F– Stone Lane                                 000  00  11¾ 2          Baynards Lodge                               001  00  05 3          Park? Standing                                002  00  08 4          … Continue reading →

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Cobham Landscape Detectives research note 1: Hundreds and Lathes

Posted on 4th August 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

The Hundreds and Lathes of the Cobham area The project area comprises parts of two areas known as ‘hundreds’ whose modern names are Toltingtrough and Shamwell. These and many other hundreds originally fell within a larger area, the ‘lathe’ of … Continue reading →

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Latest finds at the cottage dig

Posted on 2nd August 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

These two have come out of the ground recently:

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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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