SummerFilm Project: Geoffrey of Monmouth and The Maidstone Museum - Oscar Hudson

In the morning we met Geoffrey of Monmouth, played by Will Ewart. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote one of the key sources of the story of Hengest and Horsa. Geoffrey talked to the children about the day to day life of a monk and explained how he wrote his book, " A History Of The Kings Of Britain".  He showed the children artefacts and told them stories of life as an 11th century Benedictine monk. After that, we interviewed Geoffrey of Monmouth. He talked about the people who influenced his books.

In the afternoon we visited Maidstone Museum where we were met by Dr Andrew Richardson. He showed us collections at the museum of Anglo Saxon finds in Kent. There were some amazing pieces including saucer brooches, square headed brooches, button brooches and Anglo Saxon glass drinking vessels.

After seeing all these wonderful artefacts we were then lucky enough to handle some. We were shown the collections from Kent Archaeological Trust and some of his own personal collection. He showed lots of different types of Anglo Saxon brooches which he had also plotted on a map ( where they were found) . This showed that the concentration of the finds were in East Kent. This shows that in the 5th Century the Saxons mainly settled in East Kent.

Dr Andrew Richardson was then interviewed. It was very interesting and he was very clear with his answers. 

Another great day!!!