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Romney Marsh: Environmental Change and Human Occupation in a Coastal Lowland
edited by Jill Eddison, Mark Gardiner and Antony Long
Twelve papers exploring the development of Romney Marsh, a spit of land battered by some of Britain's stormiest seas. Topics range from the physical evolution and sediment layers to landscape transformation in late medieval and early modern times, and malarial trends. There are four papers on geomorphological developments, one about field archaeology and seven historical entries. "a particularly fine example of interdisciplinary research" ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$45.00, Our Price US$9.98
A Market Town and its Surrounding Villages: Cranbrook, Kent in the Later Seventeenth Century
by Anthony Poole
A Market Town and its Surrounding Villages is the first proper treatment that has ever been given not only to a single community but to a group of communities focused on a market town. Although numerous studies of local communities have been made, never before has anything like this group study been achieved.
Cranbrook and its six contiguous parishes in the Weald of Kent - Benenden, Biddenden, Frittenden, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst and ...
Hardback. Price US$65.00
On Track: The Archaeology of High Speed 1 Section 1 in Kent
by Paul Booth, Timothy Champion, Stuart Foreman, Paul Garwood, Helen Glass, Julian Munby and Andrew Reynolds
High Speed 1 (HS1) is the first new railway to be built in Britain for over a century and is the UKs first high speed railway. The publication of this volume celebrates the immense scale and award-winning quality of the archaeological and historic building investigations that resulted from the construction of Section 1 of the rail link in Kent. The project encompasses some truly exceptional individual discoveries, such as the Early Neolithic ...
Paperback. Price US$60.00
A Bronze Age Settlement at Kemsley, near Sittingbourne, Kent
by M Diack
A programme of archaeological investigation was carried out by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in advance of a new housing development at the town of Kemsley, near Sittingbourne, Kent between 1998 and 2003. Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age activity was indicated by lithic artefacts, though these were residual and there were no archaeological features dating from this period. Archaeological features noted on site date from the Middle Bronze Age ...
Paperback. Price US$30.00
Townwall Street, Dover: Excavations 1996
by Keith Parfitt, Barry Cooke and John Cotter
n 1996 Canterbury Archaeological Trust conducted major excavations on the north-western side of Townwall Street, at Dover, ahead of the reconstruction of a petrol station. The site lies beyond the centre of the historic town, below Dover Castle, about 150 metres inland from the present seashore. It stands upon a ridge of sandy shingle, probably an earlier beach ridge. Contrary to local tradition, there was no evidence that the medieval town wall ...
Hardback. Price US$50.00
Hellfire Corner
by Jonathan Coad
Beneath Dover's medieval castle and within its famous white cliffs lies a huge network of military tunnels which have been in use since Napoleonic times. Throughout the Second World War the tunnels were used as command headquarters, controlling naval vessels in the Straits of Dover and the development of coastal artillery. This meticulously researched book tells the fascinating story of the key role that Dover played in England's defence. 48p, ...
Paperback. Price US$6.00
The North Downs
by Peter Brandon
The North Downs and Surrey Hills have for centuries been the most important of Londons lungs. In Dr Brandons inimitable style, this book recreates the Downs past landscapes and examines the history of their famous Surrey products: Alton and Farnham hops, Dorking fowls and Banstead mutton. The exciting arena of the Kent Downs and its environs made a special contribution to the development of early England. The author also considers the leisure ...
The Kent and Sussex Weald
by Peter Brandon
In this book, the author explores how places such as Ashdown Forest and wooded west Kent, which were long disliked and even feared, have come to be perceived as jewels of landscape for leisure and recreation. He also traces the unremitting labor of generations of the regionÆs small farmers to clear and settle a great expanse of wild country that has resulted in one of the most notable pieces of man's handiwork in Europe. 280p, 182 illus., ...
St Gregory's Priory. Northgate, Canterbury: Excavations 1988-1991
by Martin Hicks
A detailed report on excavations carried out at the site of St Gregory's Priory that revealed two major ecclesiastical buildings. The earliest church, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in AD 1084 became a priory in 1133; it was rebuilt after a great fire in 1145, probably under the patronage of Archbishop Theobald, and was eventually dissolved in 1537. This large report outlines the historical and archaeological sequence at the site, describing the ...
Hardback. Price US$115.00
Excavations in the Marlowe Car Park and surrounding areas
by K. Blockley, M. Blockley, P. Blockley, S. S. Frere and S. Stow
Volume V of The Archaeology of Canterbury. A two-part publication of the excavation results. Part one provides an interpretation of over 100 structures including Belgic an dfRoman buildings , Anglo-Saxon sunken structures,medieval churches with associated burials, stables and rubbish pits, and a number of post-medieval buildings. Part two details the finds, including important groups of Late roman, Anglo-Saxon and post-medieval pottery.580p, ...
Hardback. Price US$140.00
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