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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SE 251 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Possible iron smelting site, Smarden |
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Summary
Possible iron smelting site, Hamden, Smarden
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8955 4108 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SE |
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| Parish: | SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- CERAMIC (Unknown date)
- SLAG (Unknown date)
- SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Full description
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Fieldwalking by Smarden Local History Society found a possible iron smelting site. Landowner noticed a spread of iron slag in the field. Subsequent fieldwalking events confirmed the presence of bloomery slag, a few pieces of furnace, and a single sherd of possible Iron Age pottery. (1)
<1> Neil Aldridge, 2009, Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group (Unpublished document). SKE16635.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Neil Aldridge. 2009. Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group. |
