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

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

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

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

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Assessment, Little Kits Coty, Aylesford, Kent: Arch Assessment 1989 (Oxford Arch Unit/G Hay & G LambricK) (Unpublished document).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> SKE48355 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938-48.
<02> SKE41513 OS Card Reference: Dr. Stukeley's Diaries Surtees Soc 76 p.226.
<03> SKE44785 OS Card Reference: Iter Cur 2nd Edn 1766 plate 32.
<04> SKE36420 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 63 1950 p.67 (JH Evans).
<05> SKE37615 OS Card Reference: Beale-Poste MSS Maidstone Mus vol 3 sect 3 p.84-91.
<06> SKE35351 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 62 1949 p.134 (JH Evans).
<07> SKE48428 OS Card Reference: OS Prof Papers NS 8 1924 (OGS Crawford).
<08> SKE48645 OS Card Reference: Preh Chamber-Tombs of E and W 1950 p.234 (GE Daniel).
<09> SKE47358 OS Card Reference: MOW nameplate.
<10> SKE41801 OS Card Reference: F1 AC 14-JUL-59.
<11> SKE24000 Article in serial: Philp, B. 1981. A survey of the Medway megaliths. KAR 64: 77-92. KAR 64 1981 80 illus (B Philp).
<12> SKE36279 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 97 1981 232-3 (R Holgate).
<13> SKE50114 OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 141 (J Newman).
<14> SKE36539 OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 (E Warman).
<15> SKE4157 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 1 - July, 1959.
<16> SKE6554 Collection: "KITS COTY".
<17> SKE11890 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> SKE110 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> SKE109 Photograph: VIEW Types: BURIAL CHAMBER. AA69/01608. Black and White. Negative.
<20>XY SKE16191 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #326 Burial chamber, ]
<21> SKE16366 Unpublished document: Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, Birmingham University. 2009. Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House, Kent: Geophysical Survey, 2009.
<22> SKE54072 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Kits Coty Scheduled Monument.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1013673: LITTLE KIT'S COTY HOUSE MEGALITHIC TOMB.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

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)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2021 6:28PM