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Kent County Council's Heritage Conservation Group has
produced a number of publications to help promote Kent's
Heritage.
Ordering information
To order any of the booklets, you can visit the online shop or
email
heritageconservation@kent.gov.uk,
using the name of the publication you are interested in as the
subject of your email.
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Accessible Heritage Trails
The Accessible Heritage Trails leaflets explore the monuments
and fortified sites of historic towns in Kent, West Flanders and
Côte d'Opale. The trails are easily accessible for everyone,
particularly for people with limited mobility, the elderly and
families with pushchairs. Each leaflet contains a clear map, a
route description and some historic information about the major
points of interest. The Kentish leaflets include trails of
Canterbury, Dover, Rochester, Sandwich, Tonbridge, Hythe and the
Battle of Britain. In 2007 a new trail for Thurnham Castle was
launched that takes the visitor around White Horse Wood, including
its iron age enclosure and Thurnham Castle.
Price: Free
Download
the trail leaflets.
Order
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Historic Fortifications Network leaflets
3 leaflets describing the changing nature of military defensive
technology: Ramparts & Walls; The Rise of Artillery; High
Technology and Defence (2001).
Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.
Price: Free |
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Walking the Walls (1999)
A guidebook describing a number of walks around defended towns
in Kent, Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France) and West Flanders
(Belgium).
Each walk is accompanied by a chapter describing the history of
the fortifications.
148 pages, many colour photographs and plans.
Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.
Price: Free
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Walking the Walls Supplement (2004)
A supplement ot the original guidebook ' Walking the Walls.
Historic town defences in Kent, Cote d'Opale and West
Flanders.'
This follow up edition includes the new trails of Tonbridge, The
Battle of Britain, Ypres and Ostend.
39 pages, colour photographs, plans and maps.
Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.
Price: Free
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Walking the Walls - Thurnham
Another trail in our popular Walking the Walls series. This
trail takes visitors around White Horse Wood Country Park and
introduces them to the Iron Age enclosure, Thurnham Castle,
Thurnham village and the parish church.
Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.
Price: Free
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Crossfire leaflet
A driving/walking long-distance trail around fortified sites in
north Kent and south Essex. The trail explains how the Thames has
developed as a defence landscape and the powerful crossfire that
would have met any enemy fleet trying to attack London.
Produced by the Historic Fortifications Network.
Price: Free
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the leaflet. |
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Front Line Kent
Front Line Kent by Victor Smith (2001)
The story of the development of Kent's military defences, from
the 14th century to the Cold War.
112 pages, many colour photographs and
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Kent's Defence Heritage
Kent's Defence Heritage by Andrew Saunders and Victor Smith
(2001)
A survey of 210 of Kent's most important defensive sites, from the
Roman period to the Cold War. The report is in 3 volumes.
Vol. 1 contains a period and thematic survey of Kent's military
defences.
Vol. 2 and 3 contain a survey of each site plus numerous plans,
photographs and illustrations.
The survey is primarily intended as a management tool but is
also recommended for the knowledgeable reader.
1385 pages, many b&w photographs and illustrations.
Price: £50.00
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Evaluation of Archaeological Decision-making Processes and
Sampling Strategies
Evaluation of Archaeological Decision-making Processes and
Sampling Strategies by Gill Hey and Mark Lacey (2001)
A review of sampling strategies practised on archaeological
evaluations in Kent and Essex and theoretical alternative
approaches, and an assessment of their contribution to curatorial
decision-making.
104 pages, many b&w and colour illustrations and
photographs.
Produced as part of the Planarch project.
Price: £5.00
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Garden of England Guidebook
Garden of England: evolution of historic gardens in Kent by
Elisabeth Hall (1995)
A guidebook to many of Kent's historic gardens.
Produced by Kent County Council and the Kent Gardens Trust.
72 pages, many colour photographs, maps and illustrations.
Price: £6.50
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An Archaeological Research Framework for the Greater Thames
Estuary
An Archaeological Research Framework for the Greater Thames
Estuary edited by John Williams and Nigel Brown (1999)
A report outlining an archaeological research framework for
those areas of Kent, Essex and Greater London which form the
Greater Thames Estuary.
Produced by Kent County Council, Essex County Council, English
Heritage and the Thames Estuary Partnership.
57 pages, numerous colour illustrations and maps.
Price:
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