[TR 12825263 - sited from fig. 1 and plate XV1] (1) During the excavation of the La Tene III urnfield at Swarling [see TR 15 SW 10], an iron smelting site of the same date was uncovered nearby. A piece of shapeless bronze and some enamelling material was found among the slag. (2) Mr. Collard, owner of Swarling Manor Farm, remembers the discovery and confirmed the approximate siting. The land was being dug for gravel at the time but is now waste and overgrown. No further finds have been made. (3)

<1> Arch Cant 9 1874 20-1 (C H Woodruff) (OS Card Reference). SKE35999.

<2> PSA 5 2nd Ser 126 (J Brent) (OS Card Reference). SKE48836.

<3> Arch Cant 74 1960 51 56 (P Ashbee and G C Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE35568.

<4> AMs England and Wales 1961 59 (OS Card Reference). SKE33032.

<5> F1 CFW 22-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42699.

<6> PSA 5 2nd Ser 1870-3 126-7 (J Brent) (OS Card Reference). SKE48837.

<7> Arch Cant 9 1874 20-1 (C H Woodruff) (OS Card Reference). SKE35999.

<8> Arch of Kent 1930 118-9 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36874.

<9> Field report for monument TR 15 SW 1 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5491.