Welcome from the Editor

Welcome to the Autumn 2023 Magazine.

A warm welcome to the first digital issue of the KAS Magazine. It’s been an exceedingly busy summer period for the Society: two months of successful excavating at Lees Court Estate and, as we write, mid-excavation at the Roman bathhouse at Trosley, and further support has been extended to affiliate excavations with DROP (Roman villa) and SHAL (Roman fortification).

Lees Court Estate is covered in this issue, and the remainder will be reported on in the Christmas Issue.

An exciting range of articles in this issue, which reflects the wide range of preparatory activities the Society is currently undertaking, including the re- vamp of the website (due for launch in 2024), the continued cataloguing of our collections by newly- appointed Curator, Andy Ward, our involvement with the Archaeology Gallery at Maidstone Museum, and the continued search for our own storage space to secure public access to our collections of artefacts, books and other materials.

Enjoy this issue. Best wishes,

Richard

The editor wishes to draw attention to the fact that neither he nor the KAS Council are answerable for opinions which contributors may express in their signed articles; each author is alone responsible for the contents and substance of their work.