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Research

SWAG members have produced research associated with archaeological excavations and historical projects. We aim to share it with the wider community.

  • Excavation of the brick sluice in the Randall Lower Lake dam, text
  • Excavation of the brick sluice in the Randall Lower Lake dam, images
  • Research note 6: The Manor of Henhurst
  • Research note 5: The Manor of Vyaundes
  • Research note 4: The Manor of Cobham Hall
  • Research note 3: The Saxon boundaries of Meopham
  • Research Note 2: Schedule to Norton’s Map of 1641
  • Research Note 1:  The Hundreds and Lathes

Local History

  • My Hayes diary: Kent life in the 1700s 
  • Cobham crash, July 4th, 1943
  • Fighter crash, New Year’s Eve, 1943
  • Mosquito crash, Gravesend, 1944

Stone

stone tool illustration

  • A neolithic axe from the Park
  • Prehistoric objectives in the Cobham Landscape
  • Ranscombe Farm, on the Plantlife Nature Reserve, has produced a number of Mesolithic stone artefacts
  • The Burnett, within Shorne Woods Country Park, has also produced Mesolithic finds
  • Frank Beresford has produced work on the Upper Ravensbourne area in Kent
  • Frank Beresford’s conference presentations:
    Palaeolithic of the Upper Ravensbourne, Kent in South East England and

    A re-examination of the late nineteenth century Palaeolithic finds in the Upper Cray and Ravensbourne Valleys in south-east England

Ceramic

pot

  • Randall Manor tile assemblage statistics

Lead

lead

  • A lead flask was uncovered in 2011 at Randall Manor

Technology

  • LIDAR survey of the Medway Valley, 2016
  • Recent Posts

    • S.W.A.G. Logo Competition
    • Online events from the Kent Archaeological Society
    • Monumental Brasses of Cobham Church
    • Neolithic activity at Shorne
    • A Cobham gentleman of the 1700s: Mr Hayes Diary
    • Online events in February
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