Our beady eyed volunteer, Pauline, has come across this fabulous fossil:
It is an echinoid fossil – an ancient sea urchin. This particular fossil is approximately 65-145 million years old ,from the Cretaceous period. It was found in a field near the barn at the end of Lodge Lane, Cobham.
2016 Annual Conference and AGM
Saturday 19th November
Sevenoaks School (Recital Room), Sevenoaks, Kent
Ticket prices: £16 for members and students / £20 for non-members. Payment can be made by cheque on by online BACS payment. Prices include refreshments and admittance to the finds displays (further details to follow).
Dr Amanda Richardson (Keynote speaker – University of Chichester): Leaps and bounds: deer parks and fallow deer in constructions of English national identity from the 16th to the early 18th century
Nathalie Cohen (National Trust): National Trust sites in Kent and Sussex: Archaeology at Winchelsea, Bodiam and Knole
Mike Brace (University of Winchester): Some of the story of St Mary Magdalen leprosy hospital, through the pottery
Richard Savage (Surrey Archaeological Society): Woking palace excavations
Andy Mayfield (Kent County Council): LiDAR, landscapes, and community archaeology at Randall Manor
Andy Margetts (Archaeology Southeast (UCL) and University of Exeter): ‘The Hayworth’, herds and husbandry
Anne Bone (South Downs National Park): Secrets of the High Woods: Recent discoveries on the South Downs
Organiser: Vicky Owen, email at studentrep@cbasouth-east.org
To get a booking form and download the day schedule click here to go to the Council of British Archaeology South East website.
An excavation at Rose Hill, Sittingbourne, is coming up. The event will be launched at the Heritage Hub on Saturday 10th September (10am to 3pm), with the Mayor of Swale attending at 2pm.
There are also six dig dates for the diary, each day (10am – 4pm):
Friday 23rd September
Saturday 24th September
Sunday 25th September
Friday 30th September
Saturday 1st October
Sunday 2nd October
Whether you’ve dug before or a complete beginner you’ll be made most welcome. It is a wonderful opportunity to take part in a community archaeological excavation please let us know which days you would like to come along, so we can ensure we have sufficient equipment and insurance. There will be no charge to become involved as this project.
Please contact Theresa Emmett, theresa@hrgs.co.uk, if you would like to get involved. You can also find the Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne on Facebook at – www.facebook.com/groups/TheHRGS/.
A Tree Day was recently organised in Cobham in association with the Woodland Trust.
The morning was spent learning about the work of the Ancient Tree Forum (http://www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk/) before a practical session in the afternoon.
The hornbeam on the old trackway we looked at is probably 250-300 years old and the old oak is 500 years plus!
Hornbeam
Oak
We are designing a strategy to get out and about tree surveying again in the Spring, probably March/April time.
