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Monument record TQ 83 SE 52 - Late medieval shipyard, Small Hythe
Summary
Medieval shipyard in use during the early 15th to mid-16th century. The remains of four possible slipways, surviving in the form of linear depressions, have been identified on an aerial photograph from 1960. These slipways would have been on the edge of the medieval course of the River Rother which by the mid-16th century had silted up leading to the demise of the shipyard. During an limited excavation in 1998 for the Channel Four programme “Time Team”, one slipway was investigated, along with a possible associated limekiln. A large number of iron fittings related with shipbuilding and fragments of ship timbers were recovered during the excavation. The shipyard was associated with two of Henry V's ships: the Jesus, actually built at Small Hythe, and the Henry Grace à Dieu.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 894 300 (point) KNT |
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Map sheet | TQ83SE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Terrain Archaeology, 2002, Smallhythe, Tenterden, Kent Archaeological Investigations by Time Team June 1998 (Unpublished document). SKE12205.
<2> Archaeology South-East, 2005, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Smallhythe Place Kent (Unpublished document). SKE16623.
<3> Archaeology South-East, 2006, An Archaeological Watching Brief at Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent: A Post-Excavation Assessment And Project Design For Publication (Unpublished document). SKE16624.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE12205 Unpublished document: Terrain Archaeology. 2002. Smallhythe, Tenterden, Kent Archaeological Investigations by Time Team June 1998.
- <2> SKE16623 Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2005. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey, Smallhythe Place Kent.
- <3> SKE16624 Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2006. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent: A Post-Excavation Assessment And Project Design For Publication.
Finds (5)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment, Smallhythe Place, Kent (EKE10866)
- Intrusive Event: Smallhythe Time Team Excavation (Ref: 5024.1) (EKE8515)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Smallhythe Time Team Excavation (Ref: 5024.1) (EKE8516)
- Intrusive Event: Smallhythe Time Team Excavation: Auger Survey (Ref: 5024) (EKE8517)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Smallhythe Place, Tenterden (Ref: SHP05) (EKE10867)
Record last edited
Feb 3 2012 11:25AM