TQ 76 SE 12 - Lower White Stone or Kentish Standard Stone, Aylesford

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Monument record TQ 76 SE 12 - Lower White Stone or Kentish Standard Stone, Aylesford

Summary

A large, upright sarsen stone once stood in the NW angle of The Pilgrims' Road and the Rochester-Maidstone Road. A literary legend connects it with the Standard at the Battle of Aylesford c455. Local legends link it with Kits Coty House. It was destroyed in 1823 without excavations and The Upper White Horse Stone (TQ 76 SE 11) 300m east has taken on its legends. The precise site is unknown.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7512 6022 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ76SE
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CHAMBERED TOMB? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

<1> Maidstone Mus Office 6" (LRA Grove) undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46333.

<2> Beale Poste MSS (Maidstone Mus) Vol 3 Sect 3 p.109 (OS Card Reference). SKE37610.

<3> Arch Cant Vol 62 1949 p.135 (JH Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE36415.

<4> Arch Cant Vol 63 1950 p.65 (JH Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE36419.

<5> OS Prof Paper NS No 8 1924 (OGS Crawford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48425.

<6> Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of Eng and Wales 1950 p.235 (GE Daniel) (OS Card Reference). SKE48649.

<7> Gents Magazine 1824 Part II p.112 (DA Briton) (OS Card Reference). SKE43607.

<8> F1 ASP 26-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42310.

<10> F2 ASP 26-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43175.

<11> Arch Cant 97 1981 233 (R Holgate) (OS Card Reference). SKE36280.

<12> Philp, B, 1981, A survey of the Medway megaliths, KAR 64: 87 (Article in serial). SKE24000.

<13> South East Eng 1970 101-2 (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE49513.

<14> Oral: LRA Groves, Curator, Maidstone Museum. 25-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE48041.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 12 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4150.

Sources/Archives (14)

<1> SKE46333 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Office 6" (LRA Grove) undated.
<2> SKE37610 OS Card Reference: Beale Poste MSS (Maidstone Mus) Vol 3 Sect 3 p.109.
<3> SKE36415 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 62 1949 p.135 (JH Evans).
<4> SKE36419 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 63 1950 p.65 (JH Evans).
<5> SKE48425 OS Card Reference: OS Prof Paper NS No 8 1924 (OGS Crawford).
<6> SKE48649 OS Card Reference: Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of Eng and Wales 1950 p.235 (GE Daniel).
<7> SKE43607 OS Card Reference: Gents Magazine 1824 Part II p.112 (DA Briton).
<8> SKE42310 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-MAY-59.
<10> SKE43175 OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 26-MAY-59.
<11> SKE36280 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 97 1981 233 (R Holgate).
<12>XY SKE24000 Article in serial: Philp, B. 1981. A survey of the Medway megaliths. KAR 64: 77-92. KAR 64: 87. [Mapped feature: #23905 Standing stone, ]
<13> SKE49513 OS Card Reference: South East Eng 1970 101-2 (RF Jessup).
<14> SKE48041 OS Card Reference: Oral: LRA Groves, Curator, Maidstone Museum. 25-MAY-59.
<15> SKE4150 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 12 - May, 1959.