#FindsFriday: Ozengell bow brooch
It's #FindsFriday! This bow brooch (so called due to the raised Bow in the centre) is one of a pair excavated by the Thanet Archaeological Unit (now @Trust For Thanet Archaeology) at the Ozengell / Lord of the Manor Cemetery Site.
#FindsFriday: 4th to mid 5th century Roman military buckle
It's #FindsFriday! Check out our Curator as he discusses a small 4th to mid 5th century Roman military buckle found by metal detectorist Neil Green during Studying History and Archaeology in Lympne's recent excavation, at which the KAS assisted. Andy is in the process of cataloguing all of the registered finds from 2024 ahead of planned publication in 2025.
#MuseumMonday: Copper-alloy sword pommel
Its #MuseumMonday! On Friday 13th our curator Andy organised a research visit with Professor John Hines, Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University.
#FindsFriday: Illustrating the Ozengell Early-Medieval collection
It's #FindsFriday! Our student placement Holly has been hard at work illustrating more of our Ozengell Early-Medieval collection.
#FossilFriday: Fossilised Oyster shell from the Lympne excavation
For a late #fossilfriday we have this amazing fossilised Oyster shell from the Lympne excavation last year!
#FindsFriday: Roman paw print
It's #FindsFriday! Our curator has been busy cataloguing more of the Lympne excavation archive from last year, and today's find shows the importance of a secondary sort off site.
#FindsFriday and #fossilfriday: Crinoids or ‘sea lilies’
Today is both #findsfriday and #fossilfriday! Although as archaeologists we don't routinely deal with fossils, we do occasionally come across them.
Lees Court Lithics
Yesterday society Curator Andy and #Lithics volunteer Angela headed back to Lees Court Estate to undertake the process of sorting out the flint assemblage so that they can be sent off for specialist analysis.
#FindsFriday: Bartman Jug
One of the objects the society has brought along to this year's Kent County Show is this lovely Bartman Jug reportedly found during Peter Tester's excavations at Leeds Priory in the 1970s.
Kent County Show and tell!
It's time to countdown to this years Kent County Show! Only one more day to the gates open! The KAS will be returning for the first time since 2008. We cannot wait to showcase some of the wonderful items in our collection with the thousands of visitors who will grace the Kent County Show across the 5th, 6th and 7th July!
#FindsFriday: Lees Court finds
It was a rather wet #findsfriday today! Although this meant little chance of digging, it did mean the team were able to sort all of the washed and dried finds from this year's excavations.
#FindsFriday: Frankish ceramic bottle
It's #FindsFriday! On Monday 20th June I gave a presentation to Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society on the work the KAS have been carrying out on the Ozengell Anglo-Saxon collection.
#FindsFriday Lees Court pot washing
It's #findsfriday and on such a bright and sunny day the conditions are perfect for #potwashing! This large lump of mud was hiding a beautifully decorated piece of #Mortlake #neolithic pottery dating from c. 3350 - 2900/2700 BC.
#FindsFriday Roman Brooch
For #FindsFriday I thought I would give a sneak peak of what happens after objects are excavated by the society!
Lower Medway Archaeology Group (LMAG) flint finds
It's #FindsFriday or should I say #FlintFriday! At the beginning of this week longstanding Maidstone Museums volunteer Angela joined me at our offices in Marsham Street to look over a box of Lower Medway Archaeology Group (LMAG) finds labelled hand axes.
#FindsFriday mystery object
We have a bit of a #mysteryobject for #FindsFriday this week. Found by our new curatorial volunteer amongst Arthur Harrison's collection is this small copper-alloy coin(?) which appears to have a hole pierced through the centre.
Sarre or Bifrons cemetery knife
KAS Curator Andy Ward shares an Anglo-Saxon knife with crisscrossed inlaid gold, silver and copper decoration.
Paleolithic flint tool illustrations by Benjamin Harrison
Today is National Illustration Day and so for this week's #FindsFriday KAS Curator Andy Ward showcases a small sample of the wonderful illustrations of Benjamin Harrison.
Samian Ware from Hartlip Roman Villa
Curator Andy Ward highlights another element of the temporary exhibition at Maidstone Museum The Story of the KAS due to finish at the beginning of December.
Minster Roman villa finds
Its #MuseumMonday! As part of our ongoing highlight of objects in our temporary display at Maidstone Museums we are focusing on one of the society's first training excavations.
- Andy Ward
- Archaeology Research Group
- Association of Independent Museums
- Bifrons
- Bronze Age
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Ceramics
- Coinage
- Coins
- Dover Archaeological Group
- Elham
- Elizabeth Blanning
- Flint
- Fossils
- Glassware
- Hartlip
- Heritage
- History & Archives Research Group
- Illustrations
- Iron Age
- Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society
- Jewelry
- KAS Collections
- Kent Archaeological Society
- Kent County Show
- Leeds Priory
- Lees Court Estate
- Lees Court Estate Project
- Lees Court Project
- Lullingstone
- Lympne
- Maidstone Museum
- Margate
- Medieval
- Metal Detecting
- Milton
- Minster
- Modern
- Northfleet
- Ozengell
- Patrixbourne
- Pilgrim Trust
- Prehistoric
- Ramsgate
- Richborough
- River Medway
- Rochester
- Sarre
- Society Collections
- Swale
- Trottiscliffe
- Trust for Thanet Archaeology
- Volunteering
- Weaponry