#FindsFriday: Ozengell pot
Our curator Andy took the latest batch of the #Ozengell Anglo-Saxon collection over to CSI: Sittingbourne for conservation. This will be the final batch the CSI team will work on; including this lovely Early Medieval pot!
#Ozengell conservation
Our friend Dana Goodburn-Brown who runs CSI: Sittingbourne and has been busy conserving our #ozengell Early Medieval collection has put forward a Go Fund Me to carry out more investigative conservation and knowledge dissemination on a number of Anglo-Saxon swords.
Cliftonville ‘witch bottle’ scan at CCCU reveals contents including metal pins and bone or wood
A suspected ‘witch bottle’ unearthed at a house in Cliftonville has now been scanned at Canterbury Christ Church University and found to contain objects including a collection of metal pins or staples and a cylindrical object which may be a piece of bone or wood.
Maidstone Community Support Centre Open Day
The team had a great time at today's Maidstone Community Support Centre Open Day!
10-month placement illustrating KAS collections
The KAS is very pleased to announce the start of a long-term student placement which will be illustrating some of our varied archaeological collection.
Story of the KAS Collections, 1856-2023
An exhibition at Maidstone Museum in 2023 and early 2024 exploring the origins and development of the Kent Archaeological Society Collections.
Society purchases the Ozengell Anglo-Saxon Collection
The Society is excited to announce the acquisition of the Ozengell Anglo-Saxon Collection; a unique legacy from the 7th century.
Society acquires gold garnet pendant cross
The Society has taken the opportunity to obtain another significant piece in the form of a gold and garnet pendant cross, found by metal detectorist David Haigh at Elham and reported through the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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