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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 64 NW 100 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Worked timbers, found near the river Medway, Stone Castle Farm quarry |
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Summary
A collection of stray worked timbers. The largest piece was 9m long, and was of a high quality. Comparison of pieces showed that they formed a pair, perhaps as vertical supports of a bridge. Inconclusive dendrochronological date.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6498 4691 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ64NW |
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| Parish: | HADLOW, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- STRUCTURAL TIMBER (Unknown date)
Full description
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In 1997 during a watching brief on the quarry a collection of large timbers were found. The largest piece was a squared beam 9m long, of high quality fast growing wood with a straight trunk and few knots. A comparison of pieces showed that they formed a pair, perhaps as vertical supports of a bridge. Dendrochronological dating was inconclusive. It is thought possible that they came from a bridge destroyed during a flood further upstream, the timbers having been washed down to this location. (1)
<1> Tempvs Reparatvm, 1997, An Archaeological Watching Brief: Stonecastle Farm, Tonbridge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE6678.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Tempvs Reparatvm. 1997. An Archaeological Watching Brief: Stonecastle Farm, Tonbridge, Kent. |
