St Margaret's Church, Rainham
St Margaret’s Church, Rainham (HE 1267793) is a grade I listed church situated on Rainham High Street in Kent (TQ 81736 65881). With origins around the Norman conquest, it features surviving architectural features and furnishings from the 13th to 15th centuries.
Rochester Guildhall Museum
The Guildhall Museum, Rochester features the history of the Medway area within one of the finest 17th century buildings in Kent. The Rochester Guildhall was built in 1687 and incorporated a courtroom and council chamber.
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Deal Castle
Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.
Hoo Marina
Military defences and Thames barge wrecks at Hoo Marina in Kent recorded by Sketchfab’s Artfletch.
Allington Castle, 12th-16th century
Allington Castle is a Grade I listed medieval stone castle in Allington, Kent, just north of Maidstone. The castle is not open to the public, but is used as a wedding venue and has featured in several films and television series.
The Medway Megaliths, 3rd millennia BCE
The Medway Megaliths occur in two groups some 9km apart on each side of the river Medway and are the only megalithic long barrows in England east of the Berkshire Downs.
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Shornemead Fort, 1860s
A disused 1860s costal defence fort on the south side of the Thames Estuary between Gravesend and Cliffe, Kent, England.
St John's Jerusalem Chapel, 13th-century, Sutton-at-Hone
The eastern (chancel) section of the 13th century chapel of the commandery (or preceptory) of the Knights of St John Hospitaller at Sutton-at-Hone, near Dartford.
Ingress Abbey Gardens, Greenhithe
“The Grange” is an arched garden folly and tunnels located over the footpath on the south west side of the garden of Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe.
Greenhithe barge wrecks
The wreck of a wooden barge/boat on the mud by the river wall, Frobisher Way, Greenhithe, Kent.
Chatham Historic Dockyard
The mezzanine level at the Number 3 Slip building/cover, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent.
Bucket cremation, late Iron Age/early Roman
A late Iron Age - early Roman iron bound wooden bucket found whilst excavating a pit that also contained complete pottery vessels. The bucket was block lifted and micro excavated in the lab. During the micro excavation, cremated remains were found inside the bucket.
Rosherville Quay
A historic quay on the south side of the Thames by the junction of Lansdowne Square and The Shore, Gravesend. Designed by the architect H.E.Kendall (1776-1875) and his son Henry Edward Kendall, Junior for Jeremiah Rosher.
Gravesend Blockhouse, 1539/40
The remains of a blockhouse located opposite The Clarendon Royal on Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, Kent.
Romano-British bath house, Trosley Court
The Society's excavations at Trosley Court, Trottiscliffe in Kent in 2023 revealed a Romano-British bath house.
Bellarmine jug fragment, Smallhythe, 17th century
17th century ceramic sherds discovered in Trench 19 at Elfwick Field, Smallhythe in August 2023.
Otford Roman villa hypocaust
Explore a remarkably preserved 2nd-century hypocaust at Otford.
Dungeness Nature Reserve
A brick net boiler for fishermen on Dungeness Nature Reserve, Kent. “Net boilers were used for dying and preserving fishing nets and clothing such as overalls and aprons. The circular copper tub was filled with water and a fire lit underneath.”: Historic England listing for nearby net boiler.
Excavations at Lees Court Estate, 2018-2024
The Society has been excavating a prehistoric landscape of roundbarrows and mortuary pits at Lees Court Estate near Badlesmere.
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