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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SE 26 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bloomery (site of) |
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Summary
Bloomery (site of)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8657 6283 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86SE |
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| Parish: | BORDEN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BLOOMERY (BLOOMERY, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Full description
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TQ 86576284: Iron slag found 1959 information from Mr. R. Jokey, 20 Wolfe Road, Maidstone. (1) When Boundary Field was ploughed some years ago a slight hollow with black earth and burnt clay was found together with a scatter of bloomery cinder. (a) The field is now an orchard but Mr. Barton was able to indicate a concentration of cinder, which marks the site of the bloomery. (2) [TQ 86576285] Bloomery [NR] (site of) [NAT]. (3)
<1> Maidstone Museum 6" (LRA Grove undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46377.
<2> Oral - Mr Barton Marleesh Borden (OS Card Reference). SKE47892.
<3> F1 CFW 03-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42402.
<4> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 86 SE 26 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4609.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6" (LRA Grove undated). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Oral - Mr Barton Marleesh Borden. |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 03-JUL-63. [Mapped feature: #30822 Bloomery, ] |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 SE 26 - July, 1963. |
