Archaeology Research Group
The KAS has been directly involved in conducting fieldwork in Kent since 1860. Future fieldwork undertaken by the Society will be overseen by the Archaeology Research Group (formerly the KAS Fieldwork Committee).
Historic Buildings Research Group
The group takes an interest in standing buildings from dwellings to cathedrals, arranging events and conferences, sharing resources, and encouraging publication. The group incorporates the areas of interest of the former Churches Committee.
Kent Defences Research Group
Researches the county’s defences of all types and periods through the study of records, maps, aerial photographs, ground investigation and by other means.
Place Names Research Group
The study of place names, or toponymy, includes an interest in their origins, meanings, usage and types. The group arranges events and conferences, shares resources and encourages publication.
Maritime Kent Research Group
The Maritime Kent Special Interest Group has been set up as a focal point to support and to disseminate research and information relating to Kent’s rich maritime heritage.
Fieldwork KAS Conference 2024 - Recent Archaeological Work in the Darent Valley
Keith Parfitt - Kent Archaeological Society Archaeology Research Group Chair. KAS Magazine, Issue 123 (Winter 2024). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
Challenges Facing Kent's Archaeology: The Archaeology Research Group Fieldwork Forum
In 2025 the Archaeology Research Group (ARG) is proposing to host its annual fieldwork forum with the theme of Challenges Facing Kent’s Archaeology.
Archaeology Research Group fieldwork conference
Thank you to everyone who attended today's Archaeology Research Group fieldwork conference at The Friars, Aylesford, Kent.
Archaeology Research Group meeting minutes
Minutes of the meeting held on 27th April 2024 at Shooter’s Lodge, Stringman’s Farm, Lees Court Estate.
Repairing an ancient abbey in Kent
In July 2021, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings returned to Boxley Abbey in Kent for a week of hands-on learning, site visits and barbecues!
President’s Column
KAS Magazine, Issue 117 (New Year 2022). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
Kent Defences Archive Reports available on the Society website
Victor Smith has very kindly supplied scans of a number of reports, now made available on thee Society website.
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.
Surviving Doomsday?: The Cold War Bunker at Gravesend
Victor Smith, 2021, KAS Magazine, Issue 116 (Summer 2021). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
Moir Pillbox discovered at Botany Bay
Paul Tritton, 2023, KAS Magazine, Issue 120 (Summer 2023). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
Centre for Experimental Military Archaeology at Detling
David Flintham, 2021, KAS Magazine, Issue 116 (Summer 2021). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
The Roman building at Chart Sutton revisited
Deborah Goacher, 2021, Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 142. Maidstone: Kent Archeological Society.
Kent’s twentieth-century Military and Civil defences. Part 5 – Swale
Victor T. C. Smith and Alan Anstee, 2021, Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 142. Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
- Archaeology Research Group
- Boxley
- Broadstairs
- Chart Sutton
- Cold War
- Conservation
- Defences
- Detling
- Gravesend
- Heritage
- Historic Buildings Research Group
- Iron Age
- Kent Defences Research Group
- Maritime Kent Research Group
- Medieval
- Military History
- Modern
- Place Names Research Group
- Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
- Swale