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Recent and upcoming publications
Fred Birkbeck shares news of upcoming publications resulting from prizes and Society events.
![Kent Defences Archive Reports available on the Society website](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1715956738692-2I2RLM6P68HN1L1OXYES/thumbnail-blank.png)
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Capel Battery Project
Chris Harman of the Capel Battery Preservation Group provides an update on a project to restore the remnants of the structures at Capel on the north of the Weald.
![Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff in Kent Cropmarks](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710172222074-3HC7XYH82X3HM35IMAOE/fig_1.jpg)
Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff in Kent Cropmarks
Ever wondered how to identify archaeology from the sky? Who knew that you could use your computer to scan the rural fields and valleys to spot potential archaeology that will tell you more about the landscape and heritage.
![Dr Steve Willis in latest Trustee Talk](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1709652300395-PP3K6UJR2MO5DJ1URYQ7/Screenshot+2024-03-05+152448.png)
Dr Steve Willis in latest Trustee Talk
Dr Steve Willis, Vice President of the KAS and Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent delivered the latest Trustee Talk live on Teams on Tuesday 11th.
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A Roman military discovery in Gravesend?
Recently published findings from the excavations of the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit in Gravesend in 1989 draw attention to the discovery of a riverside Romano-British settlement over an area of at least 5 acres, a road extending inland, and a possible Roman military site.
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![‘Fortress Maidstone’ by Clive Holden now available on Society website](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710231922740-AUV8X0J1B6E2F310A9K7/Image_001.jpg)
‘Fortress Maidstone’ by Clive Holden now available on Society website
Clive Holden’s report is the culmination of his two years research into the military history of Maidstone in the Second World War and the plans for its defence.
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Manorial Documents Register
The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) is the official index to English and Welsh manorial records and provides brief descriptions of documents and details of their locations in public and private hands. The National Archives at Kew now provide online access to this resource. Manorial documents include court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and books of every description relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor.
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University of Kent students fieldwork award grant update
Dr Steve Willis of the University of Kent provides an update on a fieldwork grant awarded in 2019 to enable students from the university to attend a training dig in Lincolnshire.
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Randall Manor, Shorne Woods
Randall Manor, once home to the de Cobhams of Randall, is situated within what is now Shorne Woods Country Park, near Gravesend in Kent. This talk covers the community excavations between 2006 and 2015 and the history of the site.
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![An Advent Calendar for Archaeologists](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710247933771-AD6DWW6C3QF1LP6K9CTZ/re_1.jpg)
An Advent Calendar for Archaeologists
Kentish archaeologist Dr. Sophie Adams as put together an advent for the Boughton Malherbe bronze age hoard project. If you have an interest in bronze age hoards and metalwork you may also be interested in Dr. Adams website: bronzeagehoards.com
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Albert Daniels
It is with immense sadness that we bring you the news that Albert Daniels, the longstanding MAAG archaeological lead and KAS member died on the morning of 24 November 2020 in Maidstone
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![Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project</a> reports online](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/1710248796451-VJOQII40UND7DN3WMUBA/hoo-peninsula-aerial-view.jpg)
Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project reports online
Reports from the "Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project" are currently available to download online, via the Historic England website.
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A History of the County of Kent (Vol. 2)
British History Online provides a digital version of "A history of the County of Kent: volume 2", originally published in 1926. This volume deals with the religious houses of Kent, including accounts of the early history of Canterbury and Rochester cathedrals.
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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: online
British History Online provides online access to "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent", volumes 1 to 12, by Edward Hasted and originally published in 1797. These volumes include a general account of the history, topography and natural history of the ancient county. It also details the parishes of the two hundreds of Blackheath and Bromley and Beckenham, including several parishes which now form part of metropolitan London. These include Charlton, Deptford, Greenwich, Lewisham and Woolwich.
Free to View Monographs
A collection of monograph titles have been opened up in their entirety, free to view, during October.
- Archaeology Research Group
- Ashford
- Barham
- BBC
- Benenden
- Bethersden
- Bridge
- Canterbury
- Centre for Kent History and Heritage
- Charing
- Chatham
- Chatham Historic Dockyard
- Chislehurst
- Church History
- Crayford Manor House Historical Society
- Deal
- Education Committee
- Excavations
- Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society
- Faversham
- Geophysics
- Hasted Prize
- Historic Buildings Research Group
- History & Archives Research Group
- Isle of Sheppey
- Isle of Thanet
- Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society
- Kent Defences Research Group
- Kent Messenger
- Lees Court Estate Project
- Little Chart
- Maidstone
- Maritime
- Maritime Kent Research Group
- Medieval
- Military History
- Modern
- Monasticism
- Norton
- Orpington & District Archaeological Society
- Place Names Research Group
- Pluckley
- Prehistoric
- Romney Marsh
- Selling
- Snargate
- Students
- The Faversham Society
- Thirsk Prize
- Trust for Thanet Archaeology
- Volunteering
- Westerham
- Westwell
- Women's Histories
- Wye