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36.—Kit’s Coty House near Aylesford, Kent

36.—Kit’s Coty House near Aylesford, Kent

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Kit’s Coty House is a neolithic chambered tomb. It is mentioned in Pepys’ diary, but has suffered damage since this plate was made. “We shall have presently to speak of the singular erection near Maid [...]

Keywords: tombs, druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

38.—King’s Coty House

38.—King’s Coty House

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Another picture of King’s Coty’s House; compare Fig. 37. There is also a picture of this in Francis Grose’s Antiquities. “Antiquaries have puzzled themselves about the name of this Kentish monument. [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

37.—Kit’s Coty House.

37.—Kit’s Coty House.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Sheep graze by the neolithic burial tomb while two shepherds wait. “The high road from Rochester to Maidstone presents several of those rich and varied prospects which so often in England compensate t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, tombs, people, sheep, animals, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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