Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley

Pottery workshops

Posted on 16th June 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Pottery workshops with Nigel Macpherson Grant were held this week at the National Trust South Lodge Barn in Cobham.  They were funded by the Kent Archaeological Society. Pottery excavated from the site of Randall Manor was laid out in sequence … Continue reading →

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Churches Conference September 2016

Posted on 20th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

The Society for Church Archaeology Conference has been announced. The 2016 Conference will be held in Canterbury on Sept 2nd-4th, 2016, on the subject of ‘Church and Industry’. The conference will be held at Canterbury Christ Church University, and will … Continue reading →

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Background on Cobham

Posted on 14th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

For those of you with an interest, do have a look at Susan Pittman’s thesis on Kent deer parks. It’s very relevant for our work at Cobham: Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent For background archaeological information on the area … Continue reading →

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Alan Driscoll: memories of Shorne

Posted on 12th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Although I lived in Shorne from 1956 to 1987 my memories are more related to my teenage years when I was a member of the Air Cadets and later an apprentice carpenter. In 1956 I bought two plots of land, … Continue reading →

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Summer dig 2016

Posted on 10th May 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

[Dates have been changed. Please click here for details.] Our Cobham Landscape Detective summer project will run from Saturday the 16th of July to Friday the 29th of July. This will focus on some of our initial discoveries from the … Continue reading →

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