Category Archives: News & Events

Mausoleum cottage dig: some finds

Posted on 7th August 2016 by Ruiha Smalley

Metal lids found at the back of building 2 mixed in with the brick and tile demolition material: Lid marked St Martin Marmalade was manufactured by the St Martin Preservation Co Ltd. The company was formed in 1937 on the … 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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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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