Ring ditch and burial near Maidstone
Ring ditch and burial found during archaeological excavations near Maidstone.
Crouch beaker burial, East Kent, excavated 2021
Beaker burial in east Kent excavated 2021,
Rochester Cathedral
The architecture, history and collections of Rochester Cathedral can now be explored online in 3D. Sections of the Virtual Tour are numbered according to the chapters of the Audio Tour, with the tour narrated by Jools Holland.
Available at: rochestercathedral.org/virtual
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Kingsgate Castle, Broadstairs
A videogrammetry scan of Kingsgate castle localised on a cliff in Kent, UK.
Child’s Sarcophagus, Southfleet
Roman child’s sarcophagus made from limestone. Date: 2ndC(late)-3rdC(early). Found at Southfleet, Kent, England. Located in British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1363359&partId=1
Stone Water Basin, Donorlan Park, possibly 17th century
A historic stone basin water feature in Dunorlan Park has been restored. ‘It was described in 1832 as a spring which ‘rises rapidly into a stone basin, placed in the centre of a circular excavation, about ten feet in diameter and six or eight feet deep, which is bricked round, and with the remains of stone steps leading down to the basin at the bottom’.
Mesolithic Quartzite Pebble Hammer, c.8000-4000 BCE
This stone tool was found in ploughsoil in Kent, England. Quartzite pebble hammers with cental hourglass perforations date from the Mesolithic (c.8000-4000 cal BC). The perforation on this example was made by pecking and was subsequently ground smooth.
Richborough Fort LiDAR
Richborough Roman Fort near Sandwich, Kent, occupied since mid-1st-century, Roman Saxon Shore Fort completed in 285, LiDAR data from data.gov.uk.
Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham, 1808
The Darnley Mausoleum, or Cobham Mausoleum as it is often now referred to, is a Grade I Listed building, now owned by the National Trust and situated in Cobham Woods, Kent (OS grid ref: TQ694684).
War Memorial, The Great Lines, Chatham
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Chatham Naval Memorial features a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park.
Virtual Tour of St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury
English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent.
Pilgrim badges and souvenirs, 13th century
This large ampulla is one of the many kinds of pilgrim souvenirs associated with the cult of St Thomas Becket. It was made to carry a liquid known as Becket’s water.
Decorative Floor Tile, 14th century
A 14th century Encaustic (2-colour) tile from the Randall Manor Dig, Kent, England. It was found in demolition deposits at the Manor, not in situ.
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