Category Archives: News & Events

S.W.A.G. Logo Competition

Posted on 23rd February 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

After the brilliant success of our Cobham Landscape Detectives logo (below), brought to life by Pauline to adorn our Cobham T-shirts, it has been suggested that we need one for the Shorne Woods Archaeology Group. And so to keep us all amused as … Continue reading →

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Monumental Brasses of Cobham Church

Posted on 18th February 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

The Library of the Kent Archaeological Society has in its archives, manuscripts belonging to Harry Taswell Belcher, a former member of the KAS who had a strong interest in monumental brasses. His hand written booklet of the inscriptions at the … Continue reading →

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Neolithic activity at Shorne

Posted on 10th February 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

We previously mentioned a flint discovered at Shorne, given to us by a member of the public. A closer look has revealed that based on its shape and form, it can be argued to be Neolithic in origin and not … Continue reading →

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Online events in February

Posted on 4th February 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

Dr Sophie Adam’s talk on the Boughton Malherbe bronze age hoard and it’s conservation is now online here: https://youtu.be/CFraoTYvxb0 (thanks to Maidstone Museum). The Kent Archaeological Society are holding an online talk about the Ebbsfleet, Thanet dig that SWAG were involved in … Continue reading →

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Manorial Documents Register online

Posted on 30th January 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) is the official index to English and Welsh manorial records and provides brief descriptions of documents and details of their locations in public and private hands.  The National Archives at Kew now provide online access to this resource. Manorial … Continue reading →

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