All the women had been examined, humiliated and tortured; all confessed to having had a familiar animal or of having met the Devil in animal form. Is it possible that the women were witches? And if so, what is the archaeological evidence for malign witchcraft? Whilst we know that very few people ever actually practised malignant witchcraft, we do know that people believed in it fervently enough to take counter measures against it. In this talk, I will look at the kind of magical protection that individuals undertook to protect their home and its occupants within the county of Kent!