Hoard of gold coins found in farmer’s field
Metal detectorist has uncovered ten solid gold coins dating back to the Iron Age in a field near Chiddingstone, Kent, United Kingdom.
Iron Age caves reveal a nearly complete skeleton
Excavations at the Margate Caves, Kent, United Kingdom, revealed an Iron Age skeleton in a rare crouch burial.
Iron Age hill fort found at a construction site
Excavations at the construction site of a ticket office of Margate Caves, Kent, United Kingdom, unearthed remains of an Iron Age hillfort into which a 17th century chalk mine was cut.
Break-in into archaeological trust’s workshop leaves mess and devastation
Thieves have broken into the main archive of Canterbury Archaeological Trust in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. The place got ransacked, thousands of artefacts were thrown to the ground and some were stolen.
Excavations of a 18th-cent. ship reveal numerous artefacts
Excavations of the Dutch East India Company ship Rooswijk, which ran aground and sank in the Goodwin Sands off Kent, South-East United Kingdom in January 1740 revealed numerous artefact that might help to shed light on the last hours of the vessel’s voyage.
Three historic letters found under floorboards of Tudor mansion
The letters were discovered in a Tudor mansion Knole House, West Kent, south-eastern United Kingdom. They date to 1603, 1622 and 1633 and tell how the mansion was run in the 17th century.
Mysterious iron object unearthed in Leigh village
Construction workers at Leigh village, Kent, south-western United Kingdom, were stopped when a 190 horse power tractor struck a large metal object lying buried in the soil.