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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 85 SE 303
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post-medieval building at Lenham Court

Summary

Post-medieval building at Lenham Court.


Grid Reference:TQ 8843 5196
Map Sheet:TQ85SE
Parish:LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Post Medieval to Modern - 1797 AD? to 1940 AD?)

Full description

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Post-medieval building at Lenham Court. Present on tithe map of 1841, 1st-3rd Ed OS 25" (4th Ed unavailable). Location confirmed through geophysics. 5m x 13m. Single-course wide brick foundation. (1)

The building is shown on the OS drawing of 1797.

In 2010 Lenham Archaeological Society excavated a number of trenches over the geophysical anomalies under the lawn. The foundations of the post medieval building were found, along with a possible sump and a 19th century latrine. (2)


<1> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2008, Various finds from Lenham - Lenham Archaeology Society (Unpublished document). SKE16597.

<2> Lenham Archaeological Society, 2011, Discovering Ancient Lenham: Volume 1 Edition 3 (Serial). SKE16752.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2008. Various finds from Lenham - Lenham Archaeology Society.
<2>Serial: Lenham Archaeological Society. 2011. Discovering Ancient Lenham: Volume 1 Edition 3. vol1 edition3.