Ancient Monuments in Kent

ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN KENT By R. F. JESSUP, F.S.A. IN the first List of Monuments to which State protection had been granted, prepared in 1921 by the Commissioners of Works in pursuance of the Ancient Monuments Act, seven Monuments in Kent were included. They were Kits Coty and the Countless Stones, the weUknown megahths at Aylesford; Canterbury, Rochester and Tonbridge Castles ; Grey Friars, Canterbury; and St. Leonard's Tower, West Mailing. In the most recent List to be pubhshed, that of December, 1938, under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Act, 1931, the number had risen to fifty-eight, and now at midsummer, 1948, it is not far short of one hundred. As it appears likely that no up-to-date offieial List wfil be pubhshed for some time, it may be convenient for Members of the Society to have a bare hand-hst arranged under locaUties for easy reference, and the fist will to some smaU extent make good a noticeable omission from our pages. At some future time it may be possible to include notes or papers on those Monuments which have not yet been adequately described in Archceologia Cantiana: they are many, and aU are worthy. The striking rise in the number of protected Monuments between 1921 and 1938 was very largely due to the practical interest of Members of the Society, and until his death in 1941, our late Honorary Secretary, Richard Cooke, acted as Chief Correspondent for the County to the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments. This duty has since 1941 been undertaken by the writer with the valued goodwiU and assistance of Members of the Society and others in aU parts of the County. The care of Ancient Monuments is a responsibility of our national heritage, and while by theh very nature the number of the remains themselves cannot increase, the task of recording and preserving them is ever with us and it is one to which we as an archaeological society give our warmest support. At aU times the writer is pleased to receive information regarding monuments which appear to be worthy of preservation; it should please be noted, however, that buildings in ecclesiastical use and buildings inhabited by other than a caretaker cannot in general be scheduled for preservation under the Act. * Monuments in the charge of the Ministry of Works as Crown property. f Monuments in the charge of the Ministry under the Ancient Monuments Acts. 122 ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN KENT Addington. Appledore. Ash-by-Sandwich Ashford. Aylesford. Barham. Benenden. Bexley. Bishopsbourne. Brenchley. Canterbury. Chilham. Cooling. Deal. Dover. East Farleigh. Erith. Eynsford. Folkestone. . Fordwich. Godmersham. Long barrow in Addington Park. The Chestnuts megahth in Addington Park. Home's Place, Chapel. fRichborough Castle Roman fort. f Roman amphitheatre, Richborough. Old Grammar School. •j-Kits Coty. fThe Countless Stones (Lower Kits Coty). The White Horse Stone. Saxon barrows, and lynchets, Barham Downs. Group of Saxon barrows, Breach Down, Derringstone. Paved ford crossing a Roman road at Iden Green. Joyden's Wood earthworks. Saxon barrows in Bourne Park. Earthwork castle mound, Castle Wood. City WaUs. Dane John Mount (probably on site of a Roman barrow). Butchery Lane Roman site, with mosaics. Black Friars refectory. Grey Friars. Poor Priests' Hospital, Stour Street. St. Augustine's abbey. St. Pancras church. St. Mary Magdalene tower, Burgate Street. St. George's tower. Julhberrie's Grave (Long barrow). Castle (inhabited house excluded). *Castle. *The Bredenstone, Drop Redoubt. *Castle (part). Maison Dieu. *Knight Templars' church site. Bridge over the Medway. Lesnes Abbey. Castle. Bridge over the Darent. Barrow, Cherry Garden HiU. Roman vfila, East Cliff. Caesar's Camp, Castle HiU. MarteUo Towers. Town HaU. Court Lodge. 123 ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN KENT Harbledown. Hythe. Ightham. Keston. Bigbury Camp. MarteUo Towers. Oldbury Camp (the S. part is National Trust property). Caesar's Camp, Holwood Park. Camp on Keston Common. The Temple, remains of a Roman tomb W. of Keston Court. Lamberhurst. Leybourne. Lullingstone. Lympne. Maidstone. Milton-next-Gravesend. Scotney Castle (uninhabited portion). Castle (uninhabited portion). Castle gateway. StutfaU Castle Roman fort. Corpus Christi HaU, Earl Street. Barn in MiU Street. *The Chantry. Milton-next Sittingbourne. Old Court House. Minster. Newenden. Offham. Ospringe. . Otford. Plaxtol. Poulton. Reculver. Richborough. Rochester. Saltwood. Sandgate. Sandwich. Sevenoaks. Shoreham. Stone-by-Faversham. Strood Extra. Sutton-at-Hone Sutton Valence. Teston. Tonbridge. ^Memorial cross to St. Augustine, Ebbsfleet. Bridge over the Bother. Quintain on the Green. fMaison Dieu. The Palace. ., Old Soar Manor. St. Radegunde's Abbey. fRoman fort, (part owned by Ministry). fTowers of church. see Ash-by-Sandwich. City Walls. Bridge Chapel. Temple Manor, Strood. Castle (uninhabited portion). Castle. MarteUo Towers. Town WaUs. Fisher Gate. Amherst Obehsk, Montreal Park. Filston HaU, bridge over Moat. Remains of chapel. see Rochester. Hawley Manor pigeon house. Castle. Bridge over the Medway. Earthwork, Castle HiU. Castle. 124 ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN KENT Trottiscliffe. Walmer. Westerham. West Mailing. Yalding. Coldrum Long barrow. Vested in the National Trust as a memorial to Benjamin Harrison. *Castle. Camp, Squeryes Park, N.E. of Kent Hatch. fSt. Leonard's Tower. Abbey church, site of, and W. tower. Twyford Bridge over the Medway. Town Bridge over the Beult. Laddingford Bridge over the Medway. The foUowing properties of historical interest in Kent are in the ownership or protection of the National Trust. Appledore. Ghiddingstone. Cobham. East Mailing. Ightham. Loose, Maidstone. Otham. Sutton-at-Hone. Trottiscliffe. Royal Military Canal. The larger part of the viUage. Owletts, a late seventeenth-century house. At Sole Street, a smaU Tudor haU-house. Bradbourne, built 1713, by Sh Thomas Twisden. Contains the coUection of Twisden Family Portraits bequeathed to the Society by the late Sh John RamskiU Twisden, 12th and last Baronet. Oldbury Camp, see above. Wool house, a fifteenth century house. Stoneacre, a late fifteenth century house. St. John's Jerusalem, with remains of a thirteenth century Commandery of Knights HospitaUers. See above. 125