The discovery of a rare Elizabethan-era shipwreck near Dungeness is being featured on national television this (Sunday) evening. The remains at Denge Quarry were uncovered earlier in April by a team from Cemex, the company dredging for aggregates at the site. Being about 300 metres from the coast, the discovery baffled the quarry team who…
Kent County Council’s (KCC) Community Archaeologist Andrew Mayfield has been honoured at the Marsh Community Archaeology Awards 2022. Run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrating individuals who carry out exceptional archaeological work within their communities and who help to sustain cultural heritage for future generations, Andrew went home with the Community…
The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester and volunteers from Kent. The findings will be explored as part of the BBC Four’s Digging For Britain on Wednesday 29 November. Based on new evidence, the team suggests that the first landing of Julius Caesar’s…
Find out more about the archaeological secrets of Cobham with a special event running this month. The Heritage Lottery-funded Cobham Landscape Detectives Project is holding a Big Dig in the village for the UK-wide Festival of Archaeology. It is being held from July 15 to 30 and will reveal more about the history and archaeology…
The history of Cobham will be unearthed and brought back to life with a three-year archaeology project. Kent County Council has secured a grant of £96,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the project, Cobham Landscape Detectives. It will be led by a community archaeologist in partnership with local volunteers. Activities will include: • exploring…