Detail view from the south showing an apotropaic mark on a section of the wall in the lean-to part of the barn and former Great Hall at the Archbishop's Palace

Date:: 29 May 2025

Location:: Archbishop's Palace, Barn, Market Place, Charing, Ashford, Kent

Reference:: DP528841

Type:: Photograph (Digital)

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Apotropaic marks, often commonly referred to as "witches' marks" were believed to ward off evil spirits.

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This is part of the Job: 2K/32296 Barn To The South-East Of Palace Farmhouse, Formerly Part Of The Archbishop's Palace, Market Place, Charing; within the Volume: VF000004/015 Heritage At Risk - 2025; within the Series: HEC01/153 Heritage At Risk (Post-2015); within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Detail view from the south showing an apotropaic mark on a section of the wall in the lean-to part of the barn and former Great Hall at the Archbishop's Palace

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