Recent activity

SWAG members have been getting involved in the current dig happening at Greenwich Park. This is a three week dig near the Roman Temple involving general volunteers and students from UCL. Over the course of the dig a series of evaluation trenches will be excavated, across geophys anomalies, earthworks and other landscape features. Hopefully this will all add to a picture of the wider Roman landscape of the Park.

Others SWAG members joined a field trip, arranged by Frank Bereford, to search for the Paleolithic along the river Stour.

Please note that due to other fieldwork commitments, we are pausing digging at Shorne till early June, although finds and flint sessions will continue as normal on Thursdays and Fridays.

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Event: 31st May

On Friday May 31st, from 10am to 3pm we’re holding and Archaeological Open Day at Shorne Woods Country Park. Some of SWAG’s archaeological finds from within the Park will be on display. These include:

  • 10,000 year old flint tools made by our Mesolithic ancestors
  • Artifacts from the Medieval Randall Manor
  • 20th century finds from the WW2 R.A.F. camp
  • 20th century finds from the industrial clay works

Do you think you’ve found something old? Bring it along and we will try to identify it.

As always with SWAG this event is FREE although parking charges may apply. All ages are welcome but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Photo by R.Smalley
Photo by R.Smalley
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LiDAR event this week at Shorne

A LiDAR event is happening in the park grounds on Friday 12th April. We will be ground truthing to investigate the lumps and bumps found in the park from a previous LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey.

Results from a previous survey at Shorne Woods Country Park

Please note: Events are free but there is a car parking charge. Everybody is welcome but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. All activities are subject to last minute change (weather etc.)

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North Kent Nature Reserves Survey

The North Kent Nature Reserves have a survey running at the moment. If you have a few moments then please click above to go through to the survey and comment about the archaeology and history of the area. As you can see from the map below, the core area covers our home at Shorne and our Cobham Landscape Detectives project area.

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Isle Heritage Event – March 18

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