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Landscapes - North Downs to the Weald
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Groups and individuals in 30 Kent parishes are
being invited to take part in ‘Peopling Past Landscapes’, a major research
project to create an in-depth overview of the history of an area extending from
the North Downs to the Weald of Kent.
Organised by the Kent Archaeological Society, the project will
survey and record evidence found above and below ground, and in documents, of
life in the parishes since prehistoric times.
Local and family history enthusiasts and societies, archaeologists,
and members of W.I.s, parish councils and community and conservation groups will
be encouraged to work together, under the guidance of a team of experts from the
KAS’s specialist committees.
The area selected for the project runs southwards from the Swale,
to Headcorn and Smarden. This covers most of Kent’s main landscape zones —
the northern coastal strip, the North Downs, Holmesdale, Chartland and the
Weald. MAP
OF STUDY AREA
Studying the ancient routeways that cross this landscape, and the
influence they have had on human settlement and the local economy, will be a key
part of the project, but it is deliberately wide-ranging in scope in order to
include all the different skills and interests within the KAS.
‘It is important that groups and individuals based within the
study area should become involved. Local knowledge and contacts will be key to
the success of the project’.
The project was launched at a public Study Day at
Lenham Village Centre on Saturday, 3rd October 2009.
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