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Timescapes on tour in the West Country
Timescapes on tour in the West Country
The Timescapes team have just arrived back in Kent after a short tour of archaeological sites in Wiltshire and Somerset.
Silbury Hill
Aquae Sulis
Stonehenge
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Battle of Graveney
London Irish Rifles colour guard
Whitstable Natural History Society
Timescapes teams up with the Whit Nats
19th September – Timescapes teamed up with members of the Whitstable Natural History Society to enjoy the historic coastline at Seasalter.A number of exciting finds were found during the meeting including the fossilised remains of crabs, lobsters,turtles and a bird!
A selection of the finds made by members
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Extending the partnership – Timescapes and Mapping Kent
Timescapes is delighted to announce the launch of the new website for Mapping Kent.
Please check out the link – http://www.mappingkent.co.uk/index.php
Heritage Open Days 2010 – “We shall fight on the beaches”
Experts from Timescapes and Mapping Kent were joined by over 100 participants in the Heritage Open Days Event – “We shall fight on the beaches”
The event, which forms part of the Forgotten Frontline Project, was coordinated on behalf of English Heritage by Simon Hopkins from Canterbury City Council. Participants were provided with a unique insight into the defence works and fortifications that were undertaken during 1940 in anticipation of a German invasion.
The group was also joined by –
The group was also joined by –
Andy Brockman of the Digging Dads Army Project and Channel 4’s Time Team
Ant Larkins a veteran who served in the Home Guard at Herne Bay and Tankerton
Stewart Tilley a schoolboy during the 1940s and local history expert
Discussing the WW2 defences at Tankerton Slopes
© Timescapes 2010
Examining the WW2 defences at Tankerton Slopes
© Timescapes 2010
Forgotten Frontline – BBC South East
Forgotten Frontline featured on BBC South East
Robin Gibson from BBC South East filming at Tankerton
Mark Harrison, Was joined by Simon Hopkins from Canterbury City Council and local resident Chas Appleton to discuss the discovery of a survey of the war-time defences that were constructed at Tankerton in 1940.
The film was shown on the early evening news.
“We shall fight on the beaches” – Forgotten Frontline 2010
Battle of Britain 70th anniversary 1940-2010
Timescapes and Mapping Kent are pleased to announce the launch of “We shall fight on the beaches’ – Forgotten Frontline 2010. The exhibition features newly discovered documents and images that describe how the seaside community of Tankerton was fortified in anticipation of a German invasion.
See the exhibition launch during Heritage Open Days 2010
Sunday, 12th September, 2pm at Whitstable Castle, Tower Hill, Tankerton.
For more details email timescapes@btinternet.com
Survey of defence works
© Canterbury City Council 2010
Aerial overlay
Heritage Open Days 2010
Heritage Open Days 2010
Heritage Open Days 2010
In July 1940 Hitler issued a directive entitled – ‘Preparation for a landing operation against England’. The directive stated: "As England, in spite of her hopeless military situation, still shows no willingness to come to terms, I have decided to prepare, and if necessary, to carry out, a landing operation against her. The aim of this operation is to eliminate the England as a base from which the war against Germany can be continued, and, if it should be necessary, to occupy it completely." General Sir Edmund Ironside, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces, was appointed by Churchill to co-ordinate the defence of Britain. The ‘Ironside Plan’ proposed the development of a system of static fortifications and defensive positions that would require the construction a vast network of anti-tank obstacles, trench systems, minefields, barbed wire entanglements, concrete pillboxes and gun emplacements. The plan was codenamed – Home Forces Operations Instruction Number 3.
Join Timescapes and Mapping Kent at Whitstable Castle for a guided walk exploring the ‘hidden’ landscape of defensive works and fortifications that were constructed at Tankerton in 1940, in order to repel the expected German invasion.
The event has the added insight provided by a survey that was undertaken of Tankerton in 1943. The survey highlights each individual defence work and fortification that was built. Using modern technology we will be able to locate the exact position that the military engineers identified in 1940.
Look forward to seeing you,
Mark Harrison, Tim Carter & Emma Harrison
Opening Times
Meet in the car park at Whitstable Castle
Sunday 12th September: 1400-1600
Route
Tower Parade – Whitstable Harbour – Long Beach – Beach Walk – Boulders Lane – Tankerton Slope flagstaff – St Annes Road Ice cream kiosk – Priest and Sow Corner – End
For more detail check
HOD website http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD009205E
Mapping Kent website http://www.mappingkent.co.uk/hod_10.php
Seafood at Seasalter
Seafood at Seasalter
Nigel Bell, Head Chef at Kent County Cricket Ground rounded up Kent Coastal Week 2009,
with a seafood cooking demonstration and tasting session at Seasalter.
"The History of Salt and Seafood in Seasalter" provided guests witha a journey through taste
and time describing how Seasalter came to be mentioned in the Domesday Book and demonstrated
how salt can be made from local sea water.
Mark Harrison from Timescapes and Tim Allen from Kent Archaeological Projects provided archaeological
expertise on the history of salt production and the ancient fish traps that are exposed at low tide.
Nigel Bell preparation of a range of local fish dishes: seared scallops, mackerel fillets, fish broth and salted
sea bass. All the ingredients, including the salt were sourced from waters off of Whitstable.
Salted sea bass
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