Do things made in fifth-century Britain have ethnicity?
Professor Robin Fleming of Boston College is interviewed by KAS President Kerry Brown about her views on the application of ethnic identities to objects in the period after the Romans left Britain.
The Great British Dig: History in Your Garden
The Society’s Richard Taylor features in the team of Channel 4’s The Great British Dig.
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.
Beauchief Wreck Divers
A group from neighbouring Sussex are trying to name unknown wrecks around Beachy Head and film as many as we can when weather and visibility allows before they disappear forever.
Gold, Garnet and the Treasure Act: a new acquisition and some essential guidance
KAS Honorary Curator Dr Elizabeth Blanning unveils a significant addition to the KAS Collection, an item of Early Medieval jewelry which has been recovered from private ownership. She will be discussing the significance of the object with Kent Finds Liaison Officer Jo Ahmet, a specialist in this particular period.
The Mapping of Smarden
Smarden has been on the map for 500 years, but probably not as you know it. For example, do you know where Udden Bridge is? Or Harbileden? Or Spiers Ash? If you are familiar with Smarden will know them, but not by these names.
Our Neighbours in Empire: a tour of Belgium and Netherlands in the Roman era
Dr Steve Willis, KAS Vice President and Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, takes us through a rapid tour of Roman archaeology in Belgium and the Netherlands, with similarities and marked contrasts to Kent.
The Wandering Herd: The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-east England
A guest lecture by Dr Andy Margetts introducing the key findings of his new book The Wandering Herd.
Underground Kent: The Hidden Heritage of Kent
The Kent Archaeological Society host a talk by KAS Vice President, Trustee and Kent Underground Research Group Chair Rod LeGear on Kent's underground assets.
Excavations at Snodland Roman Villa
Giles Dawkes, Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology South East talks to KAS Trustee Fred Birkbeck about the excavations that he led at Snodland Roman villa and his experiences leading projects in Kent.
Ways of Seeing: Scenes from Christ's Life on Faversham’s Painted Pier
The Kent Archaeological Society hosted a talk by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh on the painted medieval church pillar in the Kent town of Faversham.
Caesar in Kent: Do we now know where he landed?
Giles Dawkes, Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology South East talks to KAS Trustee Fred Birkbeck about the excavations that he led at Snodland Roman villa and his experiences leading projects in Kent.
Power Politics and the Man from Maidstone
This film is about power and politics in the years leading up to the 1914 – 1918 war. It tells the remarkable story of how one man challenged the world’s most powerful oil empire… and won. But having achieved his aim he decided there were more important things in life.
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.
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.
The Way We Were: Smarden 2006
Filmed in 2006 this is the story one year in the life of Smarden village told as each season passed. Happy times!
May Day! May Day! May Day!
To mark the 80th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain our new film looks at the life stories of two pilots who came down in Smarden in 1940, one Canadian and one German. However the film begins with earlier crashes involving two planes, each of them carrying gold, one in 1929 and the other in 1931.
Germany is in Smarden: So is North America
You may be puzzled by those two lines, but we promise you they are true. We are taking a fact-finding tour around Smarden’s lanes and fields but geography apart, we’ll be talking about some of the interesting characters who have lived in Smarden: sportsmen, writers, craftsmen and entertainers. Some of them with local reputations, others known around the world.
Smarden v Napoleon
In this film we go back over 200 years to follow the fortunes of three Smarden men who enlisted to fight the French in Spain, Portugal and at the Battle of Waterloo.
A Disorderly Parish
In 1688 the Reverend Richard Rands described Smarden as "A Disorderly Parish" so this film explores some of the more notable transgressions which have taken place in our village, ranging from treason and murder to affrays of various kinds.
- Agriculture
- Air travel
- Architecture
- Boxley
- Channel 4
- Charters
- Church History
- Churches
- Cliftonville
- Coinage
- Community Archaeology
- Conservation
- County Maps
- Diocese of Rochester
- Earthworks
- Excavations
- Faversham
- Genetics
- Heritage
- Historic Buildings
- Historic Buildings Research Group
- History
- Industrial
- Iron Age
- KAS Collections
- Kent Underground Research Group (KURG)
- Landscapes
- Lees Court Project
- Lympne
- Maidstone
- Maps
- Marine Archaeology
- Medieval
- Military History
- Modern
- Monasticism
- Napoleonic Wars
- Oral Histories
- Otford
- Ozengell
- Paintings
- Place Names
- Politics
- Prehistoric
- Ramsgate
- Randall Manor
- Reflections
- Richborough
- River Medway
- Rochester
- Rochester Cathedral
- Shorne
- Smarden
- Smarden History Society
- Snodland
- Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
- Sussex
- Textus Roffensis
- World War II