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Mausoleum cottage dig: end of week one

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

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

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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CLD update

This week we will be out tree surveying – weather permitting – on Wednesday and Thursday. The week after we’ll prep the cottage site for the 2 week dig in Cobham Woods. The dig starts on Saturday the 23rd, when … Continue reading

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Summer dig 2016: update on dates

Our annual excavation for this year will now take place from Saturday 23rd July to Saturday 6th August, excluding Saturday 30th June. We will be excavating one of the lost cottages of the Cobham estate, in Cobham Woods. Places will be … Continue reading

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