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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 SE 254
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible bloomery site, Smarden

Summary

Possible bloomery site, New House Farm, Smarden


Grid Reference:TQ 8829 4302
Map Sheet:TQ84SE
Parish:SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • CERAMIC (Unknown date)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)

Full description

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5m x 5m evaluation trench undertaken by Smarden Local History Society over a surface concentration of slag revealed compacted slag and clay furnace lining. No individual smelting hearths were identifiable. No dating evidence was found. (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Aldridge, 2009, Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group (Unpublished document).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

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<1>Unpublished document: Neil Aldridge. 2009. Letter from Neil Aldridge with details of sites from the Bulletin of the Wealden Iron Research Group.