On a walk around the park, after the recent heavy rain, a member of the public found a marvelous flint adze protruding from the ground.
They have kindly donated it to the Group.
The third photo shows the bottom edge, broken in ancient times, perhaps a reason for abandonment.
(Photos courtesy of Andrew.)
We have now added the Commons areas as a layer on the LiDAR portal, so you can now see if features are inside a Common or outside!
Go to https://kentlidar.org.uk/wp_kent/wp/
Very happy to run further sessions on the portal and LiDAR as required!
Outdoor activities to follow, hopefully by the end of August.
Please click to read a lovely remembrance piece on Nigel Macpherson Grant – https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2020/06/16/remembering-truly-unique-beautiful-soul-and-thanet-archaeology-pioneer-nigel-macpherson-grant/
The Trust for Thanet Archaeology has written a piece on Nigel Macpherson Grant which can be found here – http://www.trustforthanetarchaeology.org.uk/nigel-macpherson-grant/
To contribute a record of an encounter with Nigel, or a piece of his writing that you found useful of interesting email: nmg@trustforthanetarchaeology.org.uk
Dear all,
I am afraid I have some very sad news. Nigel Macpherson Grant has passed away.
Many of you met him over the years, he was a gentle soul, with an amazing giggle and an encyclopaedic knowledge of pottery.
I loved nothing more than filling a room with pottery at Shorne, that we could all mull over under Nigel’s watchful, encouraging eye…
His passing is a huge loss to the study of pottery in the county…
Perhaps, most of all, I will miss the chats we had, in the downtime between puzzling over pot…the wide ranging discussions and lunch at his local greasy spoon…
I have attached a picture of Nigel at Shorne last year…
Please take good care of yourselves in these difficult times…
Andrew
