Grab your friends, put your thinking caps on, and join us for a brilliant night of trivia, laughs, and friendly competition! Whether you are a master of music culture or a whiz at history, we’ve got a round for you! £20 per person - get your tickets here: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events/kas-q...

Join the Kent Archaeological Society at Maidstone Museums tomorrow, 10am–3pm, for #FestivalofArchaeology! Explore historic books, maps & objects from our collection, learn about KAS, and sign up for 6 months’ membership on the day. Plus, meet Frodi the Moneyer & Thegns of Mercia!

It's #FindsFriday! This small sherd is London Ware — fine grey/black pottery with incised or compass-drawn decoration, made across south and east England in the 2nd century AD. Found during 1990s excavations at The Havisham Centre, Rochester. Full report: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/journal/123/...

📅 Save the date! The KAS Archaeology Research Group & LEGISE Metal Detecting & Archaeology Conference returns to Lenham on Saturday 31st October 2026. Tickets and the full programme will be released soon. More info: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events/kas-l... #Archaeology #MetalDetecting

🎥 Catch up with our latest free archaeology lectures on YouTube and our website! We're looking forward to welcoming Harry Farmer of MOLA's Coasts in Mind for our next online talk in September. Interested in speaking at a future KAS lecture? We'd love to hear from you! #Archaeology #KentHistory

War Helms & Weapon Dancers ⚔️ Join Kent FLO Dr Andrew Richardson for a fascinating talk on the Lynsted die stamp, Sutton Hoo & early medieval Kent. 📅 27 Aug, 6–8pm, Maidstone. 🎟️ From £5 incl. refreshments. kentarchaeology.org.uk/events #Archaeology #SuttonHoo

On Saturday, Cur8 visited the East Wear Bay Archaeological Open Day with @CanterburyAT. Thanks to the CAT team for a brilliant welcome and to @GallagherGroup for supporting Cur8. Watch Andy Macintosh's talk to the KAS on East Wear Bay in full here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7e... #Archaeology

It's #FindsFriday! 🏺 While cataloguing the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit collection, our curator Andy uncovered this 16th–17th century #Bartmann jug neck from excavations at The Haversham Centre, Rochester. We'll be reporting it to the #BartmannGoesGlobal project! #Archaeology #MuseumFinds

⚽ World Cup? Done. 🏺 Digging into history? Just getting started! Join us for the KAS Quiz Night on 15 August and help raise funds for essential archaeological reporting and post-excavation work. Every answer counts! Book your team here: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events/kas-q... #KASQuizNight

A great day in the field! ☀️📡 Last week, KAS Archivist Craig and Curator Andy carried out a magnetometry survey at The Wilderness, Lancup Well, Penshurst Place, thanks to Dr Hon Philip Sidney & Penshurst Place Estate. We're now analysing the results and look forward to sharing what we find soon!

🎉 Quiz Night for Kent’s heritage! 🧠 Gather a team (up to 6) or come solo & we'll match you. 📅 Sat 15 Aug, ⏰ 7pm (doors 6:30), 📍 East Malling Village Hall. £20 incl. Ploughman’s. BYOD 🍻 Every £ supports archaeology & conservation. Book: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events/kas-q...

This week's #KASSpotlight is Halling Historical Society, celebrating the history of Halling, Kent & the Medway Valley through talks, walks, visits and heritage projects, including the new Halling History Trail. New members are welcome! hallinghistorical@gmail.com

It's #FindsFriday! Jack & Riley spotted this medieval cooking pot sherd from KARU's 1979 excavations at Butts Field, New Romney. In shell-tempered ware, it dates to c.1200–1260 CE and matches a vessel published in Archaeologia Cantiana 87 (1972), no.45. #Archives

This week's #KASSpotlight is the Hadlow Historical Society, celebrating the history of Hadlow & Golden Green through talks, research and local heritage. New members and visitors are always welcome! 📧 [hadlowhistory@gmail.com](mailto:hadlowhistory@gmail.com) #KentHistory #CommunityHistory

We've welcomed our final work experience students of the year, Jack & Riley! They're helping assign temporary numbers to our collections, including this roof tile from KARU's 1979 excavations at Butts Field, New Romney Site report: karu.org.uk #Archaeology #Archives #KARU

Today is Koko's last day with us on work experience from @thelenhamschool. This week he has helped catalogue our archaeological collections to SPECTRUM standards and photographed some fascinating finds, including two post-medieval glass bottles. Thank you, Koko, and good luck! 🏺 #WorkExperience

Don't forget to join Maidstone Museums' Cur8 group tomorrow, Saturday 4th July, for free museum tours on Archaeology and Nature! We at the KAS are proud to lead this confident group. Tours start at 10:30, with a finds-handling table 10:00–12:00. We look forward to seeing you! #FestivalofArchaeology

It's #FindsFriday! A volunteer working on the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit collection found these Samian Ware fragments this week—Roman fine pottery from a Dragendorff Form 37 decorated bowl excavated at The Havisham Centre, Rochester, in 1990. static1.squarespace.com/static/65df7...

Following our spotlight on Elham Historical Society, #FindsFriday highlights our own Elham connection! The Elham Valley Cross is a gold and garnet pendant discovered by metal detecting, recorded with the Kent FLO and PAS, and purchased by the society for the people of Kent. 📸 Kent County Council

Our #KASSpotlight features Elham Historical Society, formed in 2011 to record and preserve Elham’s rich history for future generations. The society shares research through events, newsletters and member contributions, helping keep local stories alive. Find out more: ehs.elham.co.uk #Kent

Work experience placement George has been busy helping Archivist Craig with the Lower Medway Archaeology Group archive in the Society's library; repacking to acid-free box files, Cataloguing and ensuring accurate records!

Save The Date for the KAS Members' Quiz Night! Join the Society on the 15th August 7pm - 10pm at East Malling Village Hall for an evening of trivia, laughs, and friendly competition! More details to follow. #KAS #KentArchaeologicalSociety #MemberEvent

Andy was joined today by George, a summer placement helping refresh silica gel in the Early Medieval Ozengell collection. George will also catalogue the KARU collection and assist Archivist Craig tomorrow. #WorkExperience #preventativeconservation

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Thank you to everyone who came to today's #sheppeyhistoryday at Dockyard church to listen to our archivist Craig's talk on the work of the KAS! Craig got some very positive feedback and everyone enjoyed seeing parts of our collection related to Sheppey! #archaeology #sheppeyhistoryfestival

We're delighted to have received the Kent-focused archive of the late Paul Ashbee, a leading British archaeologist and author of Kent in Prehistoric Times (2005). Thank you to the Ashbee family for the generous donation and to Dr Colin Shell for organising the transfer. #Archaeology #KentHistory

It's #FindsFriday! Yesterday our curator Andy spotted a Tegula roof tile fragment from Faversham Link Road with cool markings. One (maybe two) booted feet crossed it while it dried in the sun — a direct link to our Romano-British past. #Archaeology #Archives #RomanoBritish #Hobnails #Tilemarks

Our curator was joined by a new volunteer today, Izzy helping with Cataloguing and numbering finds! Our curator also shifted many of our 'odd' sized boxes onto a single bay, making more room for a recently donated Archaeologival archive!

Come join our society archivist at Dockyard church as part of the Sheppey Festival! www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events/sheer...