In 2025 the Archaeology Research Group (ARG) is proposing to host its annual fieldwork forum with the theme of Challenges Facing Kent’s Archaeology.

RMR are a people-centered strategy, research, and evaluation specialist company. They are working on behalf of Medway council to create a database of all the heritage assets in Medway. RMR are asking people who know about heritage assets in Medway to fill in their online form.

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A report on the Kent Place Names Conference held at Kent History and Library Centre, Maidstone on 19th October 2024. 

The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Center for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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As we approach the festive season, why not get your young budding artists involved in designing a Christmas logo for the society!

The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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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.

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The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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The KAS Maritime Kent Research Group reports on The Kent Shipbuilding Conference held at Chatham Historic Dockyard on the 7th and 8th November 2024.

The latest E-Newsletter from the Surrey Archaeological Society is available on their website.

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The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) have published their latest research bulletin which focused on the state of grassroots Archaeology across Britain.

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The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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The Christmas 2024 Newsletter is now available to subscribers of the Kent Archaeological Society Field School (KAFS). Subscribe via their website.

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Professor Cyprian Broodbank remembers Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and former Master of Jesus College, who passed away at the weekend aged 87. 

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The Society has decided to join other archaeologists, museum professionals and heritage organisations over on Bluesky.

We are proud to announce that the Society has successfully secured a grant from the Kent County Council (KCC) Combined Member Grant Scheme, thanks to the recommendation of County Councillor Alan Ridgers.

The Allen Grove Fund committee of the Kent Archaeology Society is pleased to congratulate Jonathan Tickle on his prize-winning article: Changing Queenships in 10th Century England: Rhetoric and (Self) Representation in the Case of Eadgifu at Kent in Cooling.

Craig Campbell, currently our Society’s Archivist, will be stepping into the role of Editor for the KAS Magazine.

The Society has successfully secured a grant of £40,000 for the groundbreaking archaeological project titled "Silence of the Sentinels: The Violent End of Roman Britain's Coastal Defences c. 400 AD" in North Yorkshire.

The latest update by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh featured on the Centre for Kent History blog at the Canterbury Christ Church University website.

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