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Title:Archive material associated with Kits Coty House Scheduled Monument
Originator:Historic England
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Summary:922224 "KITS COTY" Notebook entitled, "Kits Coty" (on cover) and "Topographical Directory of Britain During the Celtic or British, Romano-British, Saxon, Danish, Anglo-Saxon & pre-Norman Periods, Illustrated" (flyleaf). This notebook is one volume of what would appear to have been a series, but which are now missing. It features the sites of Kits Coty and the Countless Stones only. It contains notes accompanied by printed guides to the sites, printed plans including for example an estate map showing the Kits Coty Farm, B/W photographs & 18th century prints.Contents : 1 notebookCondition : INTACT AA001663 The exterior of the prehistoric monument surrounded by modern, protective railings. It was originally covered by a long barrow that measured 200 feet long. AA69/01610 VARIOUS VERSIONS OF NAME - NONE REVEAL ORIGIN Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA69/01611 VARIOUS VERSIONS OF NAME - NONE REVEAL ORIGIN Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA69/01612 VARIOUS VERSIONS OF NAME - NONE REVEAL ORIGIN Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA69/01613 PROBABLE MEGALITHIC STRUCTURE AT WEST END - NOT REMAINING Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA71/05698 VIEW Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA71/05699 PRINTED REVERSED - TAKEN FROM THE BACK Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA71/05905 ?18TH CENT DRAWING/ENGRAVING OF 'KIT'S COITY HOUSE' Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA71/05920 VIEW Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN AA77/05028 VIEW WITH RAILINGS AA77/05029 VIEW WITH RAILINGS AA77/05030 VIEW WITH RAILINGS AA81/01111 VIEW AL0778 Kits Coty House and Little Kits Coty An album of 19 pages containing 20 black and white photographic prints. The album is divided into two sections by a blank sheet between 15 and 16. This sheet has not been numbered and simply bears the title Little Kits Coty. Page 16 to 18 have pictures of Little Kits Coty (otherwise known as Lower Kits Coty House) and pages 1 to 15 and 19 have pictures of Kits Coty House. AL2400/033/01 View of Kit's Coty House sarsen group with a man standing in the foreground AL2400/033/02 View of Kit's Coty House sarsen group surrounded by iron railings, with people standing outside of the barrier This print is captioned 'Kit's Coty under 'The Act'' - the railings were erected as a consequence of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882, Kit's Coty house being one of the first monuments scheduled under the new legislation. A view of the monument prior to the erection of the railings can be seen at AL2400/033/01. AO0019 'A Prospect of Kit's Coty House in Kent, 15 Oct 1722' Bromide copy of a freehand sketch of the area, the original of which was with the Stukeley manuscripts at Dimore before it was dispersed AO0750 'Map of the County Round Kits Coty' A copy by S T Overy of a map by W H Bensted drawn on 29 July 1947, showing the surroundings of this monument including Great and Little Tottington and Little Cussington. Stones coloured BB46/03016 VIEW Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN BB58/00317 KiT'S COTY HOUSE,ENGRAVING PUBLISHED BY ALEXANDER HOGG Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWN BB67/08165 VIEW Donor: UNKNOWN BB67/08166 VIEW Donor: UNKNOWN DA00003 Two watercolour paintings on the same sheet, one entitled 'Kit's Coty House', and the other 'North View of the Lower Monument, as it appeared 1772' The paintings were executed by J Bayly in 1772. This should be interpreted in conjunction with the recent article by Paul Ashbee 'The Medway megaliths in perspective' in Arch. Cant., CXI, [1993] 57-113. FL00853 Kit's Coty House, Aylesford, Kent This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. IC236/001 Reconstruction illustration depicting Kit's Coty House chambered tomb and long barrow as it may have appeared in the early Neolithic period (3900BC - 3500BC), seen from the south-west, and showing the tomb and barrow before partial destruction This illustration was reproduced as part of an interpretation panel placed at the site. ORD01/01 Ordnance Survey: Portfolios 73 folios with a wide range of material, from original surveys to copies of old maps, acquired from the Ordnance Survey in 1983. Listed and rehoused 1992-93. Includes prints taken in 1995 of Stonehenge and Clausentum plans. Folio numbers: AO 1 - AO 2308 P29041 ENGRAVING FOR 'THE ANTIQUARIAN AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CABINET' 1812 Donor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWNOriginal negative held by: UNKNOWN P29042 A view of Kit's Coty House P29043 VIEW Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWNOriginal negative held by: UNKNOWN P29044 VIEW Donor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWNOriginal negative held by: UNKNOWN P29045 VIEW Donor: UNKNOWNOriginal negative held by: UNKNOWN P29046 VIEW Original negative held by: UNKNOWN P29047 VIEW Photographer: UNKNOWNDonor: UNKNOWNCopyright: UNKNOWNOriginal negative held by: UNKNOWN PC38991 Three men relaxing by the railings in front of Kit's Coty House PF/KIT Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, Kent Eleven sheets relating to Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, the remains of two neolithic chambered tombs. Little Kit's Coty House has also been known as Lower Kit's Coty House and The Countless Stones.The series includes three sheets of measured plans, elevations and section drawings of Kit's Coty House, based on a survey carried out by the Office of Works in January 1921. One of the sheets has been hand-tinted in watercolour.There are two drawings concerning the enlargement of the railed enclosure around Kit's Coty House and the conversion of a section of railings into a gate.The series also includes two deed plans of Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, and two guardianship plans of Kit's Coty House showing the extents of the surrounding railed enclosure.

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TQ 76 SW 4Kit's Coty House, Aylesford (Monument) ()