Roman figurine carved from chalk found in Kent.

Brick structure standing to the west of the main house within Knole Park. It consists of a dome over an ice chamber which was accessed via a vaulted passage to the north-east. The purpose of the structure was to store ice which could be used in the preparation and storage of foodstuffs.

“Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding.“

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Ring ditch and burial found during archaeological excavations near Maidstone.

Beaker burial in east Kent excavated 2021,

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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A videogrammetry scan of Kingsgate castle localised on a cliff in Kent, UK.

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

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’.

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 Roman Fort near Sandwich, Kent, occupied since mid-1st-century, Roman Saxon Shore Fort completed in 285, LiDAR data from data.gov.uk.

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).

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.

English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent.

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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.