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KE N TA RC H A E O LO G I C A LS O C I E T Y newnewIssue number 61ss ll ee tt tt ee Summerrr 2004 Inside ANCIENT BURIALS 2-3 St Margaret’s Bay Stone Road Library notes 4-5 AT ST MARGARET’S Cod Brass, Allen he Canterbury Archaeolog- part of the plot. In 1920 this associated with the original bar- Grove,Train Stops & ical Trust has just completed barrow was partially levelled to row. Excavations in May and June Sittingbourne LHRG excavations, ahead of new make way for a new tennis court 2004 showed that other remains 6-7 building work, on land at in the garden of Sir Johnston still survived. Lectures, Courses, Bay Hill, St Margaret’s-at- Fo r b e s - Robertson, a famous No traces of the prehistoric bar- Conferences & Events Cliffe. The site lies on the actor of the day. During the row mound remained but almost 8-9 summit of a chalk ridge, construction of the tennis court, the complete eastern half of the overlooking the English Channel, the workmen discovered six barrow’s enclosing ring-ditch was Notice Board near Dover. Very particular interest extended inhumation burials, located. This is estimated to have 10-11 attached to the site from the outset fairly certainly of Anglo-Saxon been about 22 metres in diameter. ‘Ideas & Ideals’ because a substantial Bronze Age date, together with an earlier Articles on the Net round barrow had once occupied crouched burial, most probably continued on page 2 ALSF 12-13 New Books St Barnabas’ 14-15 Letters to the Editor LHIGrants Maidstone Roman Villa 16 KASShow General view of the site looking towards the sea. Summer 2004 www.kentarchaeology.org.uk 1 continued from page 1 Trenches cut through the ring-ditch showed it to be between 1.05 and 1.70 metres wide and up to 1.15 metres deep. Although the lower KENT COASTAL levels of the ditch were almost totally devoid of EXCAVATIONS finds, the brown loam KENT COASTAL filling in the top of the ditch produced a EXCAVATIONS significant quantity of KENT COASTAL prehistoric struck flint, together with some pre- EXCAVATIONS historic pottery, animal KENT COASTAL bone and marine shell. EXCAVATIONS At total of eight A n g l o - S a xon graves KENT COASTAL (Graves 1-8) was EXCAVATIONS revealed outside the bar- row ditch. These all con- KENT COASTAL tained extended inhuma- EXCAVATIONS tions, aligned west-east. gullies, suggesting that they had A view of the ring-ditch, clearly visible. Characteristic Anglo-Saxon iron once themselves been covered KENT COASTAL knives were recovered from four of with small barrows. The skull of a ring-ditch or lay just outside it. EXCAVATIONS them but there were few other probable female contained within They had all been placed in a grave goods. The distribution of Grave 6 showed evidence of an crouched or contracted position - KENT COASTAL the Anglo-Saxon graves appears unusual medical condition. three were lying on their right EXCAVATIONS fairly even and consists of three The discovery of no less than sides and two others were prone. KENT COASTAL rows of widely spaced graves, gen- six contracted inhumations None contained any datable grave erally set about 5 metres apart. (Graves 9-14), apparently all of goods. EXCAVATIONS None had been disturbed in the prehistoric date, represented an Trust members are now KENT COASTAL recent past and it seems clear that unexpected find and clearly undertaking a close study of the these are not to be counted implies that the barrow site had evidence recorded and a detailed EXCAVATIONS amongst those graves identified in acted as a focus for Bronze Age report will be produced in due KENT COASTAL 1920. Graves 6 and 7 on the east- (and perhaps Iron Age) activity. course. ern side of the Bronze Age monu- All these graves had either been Keith Parfitt EXCAVATIONS ment were enclosed by small ring- cut into the filling of the barrow Canterbury Archaeological Trust KENT COASTAL EXCAVATIONS KENT COASTAL grain may have been processed at EXCAVATIONS the site ready for milling. KENT COASTAL STONE ROAD, BROADSTAIRS Detailed analysis of the build- ing and finds are at an early stage EXCAVATIONS he Trust for Thanet industrial process that was carried and there is more to discover from KENT COASTAL Archaeology has discovered out within the building. A frag- the records and artefacts about the and excavated a small ment of a large millstone, possibly history of the building. EXCAVATIONS cellared Roman building from a mechanical mill, and sever- Archaeological sites dating KENT COASTAL near Stone Road, North al fragments from hand querns from the Bronze and Iron Ages Foreland, Broadstairs. were found and it appears that have been excavated recently in EXCAVATIONS This is an the North Foreland area KENT COASTAL area where finds and the discovery of a of Roman material Roman building nearby EXCAVATIONS have been made in adds another layer to our KENT COASTAL the past, but few understanding of this EXCAVATIONS sites of the period area and Thanet’s past. have been excavated Although the building has KEEXCAVATIONS by modern methods. now been reburied it will The building lies be preserved for future on the northern generations to investigate slope of a valley and further. is constructed on a deep layer of hill- Ges Moody wash containing Deputy Director Iron Age and Early Trust for Thanet Archaeology Roman finds. A group of clay hearths found in the chalk floor of the building The Roman building under are evidence of an excavation. summer 2004 2 FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE LI B R A RY NOTES JOHN BUTCHER Library Volunteers have completed work on We are most grateful to Mrs. Mary Butcher for some 200 of the Hussey files of genealogical infor- donating to the KAS library the following books and mation on Kentish families, and each file now has pamphlets from the library of her late husband, Mr. John a list of contents, to assist the researcher. A start Butcher, a valued member of KAS for many years and a LIBRARY is being made on the Hussey files on Kentish loca- volunteer in the KAS library, assisting in the indexing of NOTES tions with particular reference to families associ- Visual Records. ated with the location. We hope that work on LIBRARY these files will be completed before the end of the Shell book of Cottages. (Richard Ford.) NOTES year, and appropriate reference to them will then be posted on kentarchaeology.ac website. Addition to A Thousand years of the English Parish. (Anthea Jones). LIBRARY the website of the index of the Gordon Ward files Maidstone Official Charter Brochure. NOTES on Kentish locations proceeds and has reached LIBRARY letter L. The use of the website facility for the pub- Archbishops Palace Heritage Centre Maidstone. lication of articles on Kent history and archaeolo- NOTES gy is increasing, and in future the site is to be used Village Records. (John West). LIBRARY by the KAS Publications Committee for the publi- cation, where appropriate, of articles and books The Parish Chest. (W.E.Tate). NOTES sponsored by the Committee. The website itself is LIBRARY about to undergo a make-over, partly in order to Tracing the History of Villages. (Trevor Yorke). be able to manage and accommodate with greater NOTES The Voices of Morebath. (Eamon Duffy). ease its increasing use. LIBRARY Field Work in Local History. (W.G.Hoskins). For the History and Archaeology Show on NOTES June 5, the Library housed displays by KA S Life in Kent at the turn of the Century. (Michael LIBRARY Committees on their work —— Pu b l i c a t i o n s , Winstanley). NOTES Education, Field Works, Place Names and Library Committees. The Library Committee, a selection Geology of the Country Round Maidstone. (HMSO). LIBRARY of rare books on Kent, and journals from other NOTES regional and national history and archaeology The Wealden District. (HMSO Regional Geography). LIBRARY societies were exhibited, together with a montage Rural Rides. (William Cobbett). of visual images of Kentish buildings and loca- NOTES tions from our extensive collection. The displays The Making Of Charles Dickens. (Christopher Hibbert). were well appreciated by the visitors, and the LIBRARY Publications stall in particular was well favoured Maidstone and Chatham Tramways. (R.J.Harley). NOTES in its sale of KAS publications. The Churchyard Handbook. LIBRARY NOTES Iron Industry of the Weald. (Henry Cleare and David NEW ACQUISITIONS Crossland). LIBRARY NOTES APRIL-JUNE 2004 Hops and Hop Picking. (Richard Filmer). LIBRARY The Encircling Hop. History of Hops and Brewing. (Margaret Lawrence). NOTES Baden Württemberg; Materiel Hefte fur LIBRARY Archaeologie No. 65 (2004). Yalding Manor Record 1334-6. Bygone Kent. Vol.25 Nos. 4, 5, and 6. NOTES Yalding. Orpington Field Club Annual Report 2003. LIBRARY Greater London Archaeology Quarterly Re v i e w Marden. A Wealden Village. NOTES March 2004. LIBRARY Bulletin Archaeologique Liegoise CXI 2000 (2002). History of Chart Sutton. NOTES Zuidoost Vlaanderen Bijdragen VIII (2002). History of Bearsted and Thurnham. Place Names of Shropshire P.4. LIBRARY Northamptonshire Archaeology Vol. 30 (2002). History of the Mote Cricket Club. NOTES Whitstable; History at the Horsebridge. (Geoffrey Carshalton. From Medieval Manor to London Suburb. LIBRARY Pike) (T. Osborn). Video; The Beauty of the East Kent Countryside and NOTES its Churches. (Brian Maxted ). Mid Victorian Tonbridge. (C.W.Chalklin). Bonner Jahrbuch Band 200 (2003) Records of Buckinghamshire Vol. 24 (2004) Maidstone to Ashford Railway. 1870-1884. Bede Clerks Roll Vol. 39 , 1 and 2. Richborough and Reculver. (E.H. 1987). Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol.