Excitement is building for the new archaeology gallery ‘Lives In Our Landscape’ at Maidstone Museum which is due to open to the public in just a few weeks, on Wednesday 5 June.

The Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society (IOTAS) is seeking three new officers: a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, with possible other positions for Minutes Secretary (for daytime meetings) and Events and Publicity Organiser/s with good technical ability to promote our activities on social media.

An interesting update for #TechTuesday. Some interesting results from a recent LiDAR drone survey carried out on Lees Court Estate as part of #LCE24.

It was a great day today welcoming members of the Canterbury Oast Trust (COT) to Lees Court Estate! The visit was organised by The Enabled Archaeology Foundation as part of their ongoing work increasing access to archaeology for disabled participants.

We had a great day on site today at #LCE24! Many more updates to come on our visit from The Enabled Archaeology Foundation, but we were also joined by members of Maidstone Museums who came and helped clean up the Mound ditch. They even recovered some pottery & worked Flint!

In a wonderful, adventurous year of Society firsts, 2024 sees the Kent Archaeology Society qualifying for archaeology’s answer to the UEFA Champions League.

The new Maidstone Museums gallery which the society has been proudly supporting and advising on is soon opening. One of the highlights will be the story of #Eastrylady excavated by Canterbury Archaeological Trust!

It's #findsfriday and on such a bright and sunny day the conditions are perfect for #potwashing! This large lump of mud was hiding a beautifully decorated piece of #Mortlake #neolithic pottery dating from c. 3350 - 2900/2700 BC.

It's #findsfriday and on such a bright and sunny day the conditions are perfect for #potwashing! This large lump of mud was hiding a beautifully decorated piece of #Mortlake #neolithic pottery dating from c. 3350 - 2900/2700 BC.

Some exciting developments at #LCE2024 today as we have an in-situ dump of #flintknapping waste from the middle fill of of the ring ditch (Trench 7, South East Side)…

The diverse heritage groups in Faversham have joined together as Faversham Museums Together around the concept of a Heritage Hub to jointly develop a GIS-based platform to present the heritage of the town and that of the Faversham Hundred, reflecting the significance of Faversham’s rural hinterland and the sea.

An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh on the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024, featured at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog of the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

Another good day on site at #LCE24 with the focus today being the northern ring ditch, second trench…

Work has been progressing well at #LCE24!

Both the ring ditch and the barrow ditch are being cleaned up and further explore by the hardworking volunteers…

The Society officially has its own branded van! The van allows the Society to bring equipment to site increasing the amount of tools we can use for volunteers, school visits, etc. It also saves us needing to hire expensive vans every season. Hopefully the new stickers will increase awareness of the county as we travel to sites, school visits and exhibitions.

For #FindsFriday I thought I would give a sneak peak of what happens after objects are excavated by the society!

An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog of the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

Archaeological works have started at the Dover Beacon project site, a location "central" to the town's history, say experts.

An update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog of the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

The Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society (IOTAS) is pleased to announce that we have two exciting talks coming up in April and May.