Title: |
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, East Wing |
Series: |
Compass Archaeology unpublished report series
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Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Compass Archaeology undertook an archaeological watching brief on the site of the proposed East Wing development of Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery on 16th to 18th April 2008 and 7th to 9th May 2008. Archaeological monitoring was undertaken on geotechnical groundworks in the form of five small test pits - located across the redevelopment area.The watching brief was carried out as part of the planning process prior to a proposed redevelopment of the site for the new East Wing development. The site lies within an area of known archaeological importance and has the potential to contain archaeological deposits dating from the Roman period. It is also possible that previously unrecorded finds and features relating to the medieval manor house of Chillingdon Manor, that has stood on the site since the fourteenth century, may survive in the redevelopment area. All exposed deposits and strata were recorded, but no archaeological finds or deposits were encountered in the small areas monitored. It remains possible that archaeological deposits and finds may survive across the rest of the redevelopment area. |
Author: |
G King
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Publisher: |
Compass Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Locations: |
Site: |
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, East Wing Development, St Faith's Street, Maidstone ME14 1LH, Kent. |
Parish: |
MAIDSTONE |
District: |
Maidstone |
County: |
Kent |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
East Wing |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Maidstone |
Grid Reference: 575926, 156012 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Monus)
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Fourteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
7th To 9th May 2008 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
16th To 18th April 2008 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
compassa1-42349 |
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Note: |
A4 comb bound Compass Archaeology in-house developer report 35 pages
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |