Canterbury ArchueologiculTrust
Appeal for £200,000
A M ESSAGE
professional
archaeological
unit
national
appeal
O
chief
city
untapped
goldmine
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
The Canterbury Archaeological Trust is a newly registered Charity,
governed by a distinguished Council which in October 1975 appointed its
first professional archaeologist. In these times of financial stringency
grants will need to be supplemented by our own efforts, so our plans for an
Archaeological Unit cannot be implemented unless we raise enough money
to provide a complete team —— in simple terms, one man can plan a ‘dig’
but alone he cannot even start to carry it out. This National Appeal will
provide for a seven year programme. The Unit will:—
(i) Carry out a field survey, and make plans in advance of
redevelopment.
(ii) Undertake excavation of specific sites before destruction.
(m) Attract the right professional staff for this exciting work.
(iv) Publish interim and final reports for the nation's records.
(v) Provide facilities for the conservation and exhibition of finds.
If you visited the superb Treasures from Thrace Exhibition at the
British Museum you would have seen near the entrance treasures from
East Kent, which is described as 'archaeologically the richest area of
Anglo-Saxon England with Canterbury its chief city’. Much of the
splendid display of Anglo-Saxon jewellery came from around Canterbury.
It was found by the more haphazard methods of earlier archaeology but
modern techniques will tell us far more about the people themselves, the
life they lived, give us more magnificent jewellery, and the exciting
prospect of many new finds.
Re-deve/opment must now be preceded by archaeological investigation.
The Canterbury area is still a largely untapped archaeological goldmine, and
its unique place in the history of Britain and Western Christendom demands
the setting up now of our Archaeological Unit, before it is too late, to
uncover and record what remains. All we need is sufficient money.
I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS APPEAL GENEROUSLY BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THIS IS WORK OF GREAT PROMISE WHICH WILL GIVE
MUCH TO CANTERBURY AND THE NATION; AND LASTING
SATISFACTION AND INTEREST TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT.

Street End Place,
Nr. Canterbury.