Exploring the legacy of Ethelburga – a community project focused on the Anglo-Saxon heritage of Lyminge, a village in the Elham Valley in East Kent.
Readers of this blog will know that we have advertised for people with stones on their property to get in touch, and you can read more about this here. Despite the cold and rainy weather on Sunday, a group of us ventured out to tour a number of the sites around Lyminge where the householders have … Continue reading A Journey around the Stones of Lyminge
Building stone does not occur naturally in Lyminge – it has to be brought in. Have you got any stone in your house, in outbuildings or in your garden? Do you know where it came from? There is a chance that your stones may be part of Lyminge’s history. Stone robbing is as old as … Continue reading The Stones of Lyminge
Long-term readers of this blog may remember that over the winter of 2018/19, we embarked on a small project to see if there were any interesting stones in Lyminge. The premise behind this exercise was that Lyminge has no local source of building stone except flint, so any stone anywhere in the village has been … Continue reading An unexpected new discovery in Lyminge
As Monday is a bank holiday, there is no working on site today. So there was an opportunity to visit the Roman fort of Portus Lemanis, some 6.4 miles to the south west of Lyminge towards the coast. In the Roman period, this fort lay at the mouth of the River East Rother, then known … Continue reading Site visit to the possible folk origin for Lyminge
Building stone does not occur naturally in Lyminge – it has to be brought in. Have you got any stone in your house, in outbuildings or in your garden? Do you know where it came from? There is a chance that your stones may be part of Lyminge’s history. Stone robbing is as old as … Continue reading Have you got some stones in your garden?!
About the Project Home Page Our Project Objectives Why is the domain name “Geopaethas” ? About the History Anglo-Saxon Lyminge – why the village is so significant Why is Lyminge Parish Church important? Who was Ethelburga? Did you know?…… Excavating Queen Ethelburga’s Church Further reading on Anglo-Saxon Lyminge Lyminge is unique! The Stones of Lyminge Uncovering the history … Continue reading FIND OUT MORE
Following a decade of successful archaeological excavations in Lyminge led by Dr Gabor Thomas of the University of Reading, the project known as Pathways to the Past: Exploring the legacy of Ethelburga was devised in 2017 with a view to exploring the masonry structure known to exist to the south of the standing Norman Parish … Continue reading Excavating Queen Ethelburga’s Church
At Pathways to the Past, over the past few months, we have been working with Owen Standen and the Lyminge Environmental Group to develop a new management plan for the church yard. This area is important because it provides a vital link in the green corridor we have now managed to establish in the village … Continue reading The churchyard starts to get a new look
As the autumn leaves start to fall on the foundations of Ethelburga’s church, we are slowly beginning the process of restoring the churchyard following the end of the dig and the start of the next phase of the project. The viewing platform has now been dismantled. Our contractors, Astral, will return to site on Monday … Continue reading Restoring the dig site
The last area of the Anglo-Saxon church to be explored is the area under the porch. We had contractors on site to lift the flagstones. Underneath the porch, as we suspected, the substructure is precarious to say the least and needs to be addressed before the flagstones are replaced. We have found the nave wall … Continue reading Day 40 – The last area of the Anglo-Saxon church uncovered
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