This week the SWAG team spent an enjoyable day being filmed by Finn MacDiarmid for a future, 15 minute documentary on the park’s archaeology and history. We visited the clayworks, RAF camp, our new dig site, Randall Manor, the Heath and the finds team to talk about the projects we run and some of our key finds from the park.
Once we have the link to the film, we will share it with you!
SWAG will be holding a display at the Medway History Showcase this year. The venue is the Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham on the 5th October. There is free entry for pre-booked tickets.
The event will showcase local history groups and national societies. There will be talks throughout the day, including:
Adam Taylor – ‘Almost Lost Islands of the Medway Estuary”
Jason Mazzocchi – ‘Memory and Identity in the North Kent Mariner communities.’
Stuart Bligh – ‘William Harrison the clipper ship captain’
Dr Diane Heath – ‘The lost Bestiary Animals of Rochester.”
Orders and Medals Research Society, Kent Branch – TBC
Dr Martin Watts – ‘Innocence Lost: Kent and the Battle of the Somme.”
CWGC – ‘Lost at Sea – The Chatham Naval Memorial.’
Do you want to learn the techniques that archaeologists use when they are researching where and how to excavate? Before you start to dig you need to get as much information as possible about your site so we use a variety of approaches to learn what we can.
Come along to a SWAG event on Friday the 23rd August and learn about:
Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
Resistivity surveying
Dousing (yes really!)
Metal detecting
It’s a free event, no need to book. Follow the arrows from the Shorne Woods Country Park (DA12 3HX) cafe to the site.
All ages welcome but under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult. Parking charges apply at the Shorne Wood Country Park.
