Monument record TQ 76 SW 1 - Little Kit's Coty or Countless Stones

Summary

Little Kit's Coty House, also known as the Countless Stones, consists of 19, 20, or 21 large and small stones which were part of a Neolithic megalithic structure, now thought to be more akin to a portal dolmen rather than a chambered tomb. An Iron Age settlement probably overlays the site.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7441 6039 (29m by 29m) FCE
Map sheet TQ76SW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<01> OS 6" 1938-48 (OS Card Reference). SKE48355.

<02> Dr. Stukeley's Diaries Surtees Soc 76 p.226 (OS Card Reference). SKE41513.

<03> Iter Cur 2nd Edn 1766 plate 32 (OS Card Reference). SKE44785.

<04> Arch Cant Vol 63 1950 p.67 (JH Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE36420.

<05> Beale-Poste MSS Maidstone Mus vol 3 sect 3 p.84-91 (OS Card Reference). SKE37615.

<06> Arch Cant 62 1949 p.134 (JH Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE35351.

<07> OS Prof Papers NS 8 1924 (OGS Crawford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48428.

<08> Preh Chamber-Tombs of E and W 1950 p.234 (GE Daniel) (OS Card Reference). SKE48645.

<09> MOW nameplate (OS Card Reference). SKE47358.

<10> F1 AC 14-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41801.

<11> Philp, B, 1981, A survey of the Medway megaliths, KAR 64 1981 80 illus (B Philp) (Article in serial). SKE24000.

<12> Arch Cant 97 1981 232-3 (R Holgate) (OS Card Reference). SKE36279.

<13> The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 141 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50114.

<14> Arch J 126 1969 (E Warman) (OS Card Reference). SKE36539.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 1 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4157.

<16> "KITS COTY" (Collection). SKE6554.

<17> Oxford Archaeology, 1989, Little Kit's Coty, Aylesford, Kent: Archaeological Assessment, Little Kits Coty, Aylesford, Kent: Arch Assessment 1989 (Oxford Arch Unit/G Hay & G LambricK) (Unpublished document). SKE11890.

<18> DEMOLISHED C.1690. SEE ALSO AO59/6/8.ALSO KNOWN AS 'LITTLE KIT'S COTY HOUSE','THE COUNTLESS STONES'. (Photograph). SKE110.

<19> VIEW Types: BURIAL CHAMBER (Photograph). SKE109.

<20> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<21> Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, Birmingham University, 2009, Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, Kent: Geophysical Survey, 2009 (Unpublished document). SKE16366.

<22> Historic England, Archive material associated with Kits Coty Scheduled Monument (Archive). SKE54072.

Sources/Archives (22)

  • <01> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938-48.
  • <02> OS Card Reference: Dr. Stukeley's Diaries Surtees Soc 76 p.226.
  • <03> OS Card Reference: Iter Cur 2nd Edn 1766 plate 32.
  • <04> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 63 1950 p.67 (JH Evans).
  • <05> OS Card Reference: Beale-Poste MSS Maidstone Mus vol 3 sect 3 p.84-91.
  • <06> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 62 1949 p.134 (JH Evans).
  • <07> OS Card Reference: OS Prof Papers NS 8 1924 (OGS Crawford).
  • <08> OS Card Reference: Preh Chamber-Tombs of E and W 1950 p.234 (GE Daniel).
  • <09> OS Card Reference: MOW nameplate.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: F1 AC 14-JUL-59.
  • <11> Article in serial: Philp, B. 1981. A survey of the Medway megaliths. KAR 64: 77-92. KAR 64 1981 80 illus (B Philp).
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 97 1981 232-3 (R Holgate).
  • <13> OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 141 (J Newman).
  • <14> OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 (E Warman).
  • <15> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 1 - July, 1959.
  • <16> Collection: "KITS COTY".
  • <17> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 1989. Little Kit's Coty, Aylesford, Kent: Archaeological Assessment. Little Kits Coty, Aylesford, Kent: Arch Assessment 1989 (Oxford Arch Unit/G Hay & G LambricK).
  • <18> Photograph: DEMOLISHED C.1690. SEE ALSO AO59/6/8.ALSO KNOWN AS 'LITTLE KIT'S COTY HOUSE','THE COUNTLESS STONES'.. AA69/01609. Black and White. Negative.
  • <19> Photograph: VIEW Types: BURIAL CHAMBER. AA69/01608. Black and White. Negative.
  • <20>XY Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #326 Burial chamber, ]
  • <21> Unpublished document: Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, Birmingham University. 2009. Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, Kent: Geophysical Survey, 2009.
  • <22> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Kits Coty Scheduled Monument.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Little Kit's Coty (EKE4668)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Geophysical survey at Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House (Ref: PN 1964) (EKE10641)

Related Thematic Articles (1)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2021 6:28PM