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Monument details

Summary

At Forsham Manor there were the ruins of an ancient stone structure, supposed by some to have been the remains of a fort of some strength, and by others to have been a manorial chapel. A former owner knew the site and supposed it to be of a chapel; he knew no tradition of a fort. Some years ago when digging a fence post hole about 100m north west of the site he found what he believed to be the rounded top of a plain stone coffin, but did not remove it. There is a large block of apparently worked stone about 50m north west of the site, but no other surface evidence of building.

Monument Types

• CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Associated Finds

• COFFIN (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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[TQ 8355 2920] Chapel [NR] (Supposed site of) (1) Forsham: on this manor there were within memory the ruins of an ancient stone structure, supposed by some to have been the remains of a fort of some strength, and by others to have been a manorial chapel. (2) Mr. D. J. Lingham, owner of Forsham, knew the site and supposed it to be of a chapel; he knew no tradition of a fort. Some years ago when digging a fence post hole at TQ 8353 2930 (about 100m. NNW of the site) he found what he believed to be the rounded top of a plain stone coffin, but did not remove it. There is a large block of apparently worked stone about 50.0 m. NW of the site, but no other surface evidence of building. (3)

<1> OS 6" 1899 (OS Card Reference). SKE48314.

<2> Hist of Kent 7 1798 196 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43996.

<3> F1 ASP 05-FEB-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41939.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 82 NW 5 - February, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4311.

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