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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 223
Type of record:Monument
Name:Shuart chalk pit, St. Nicholas at Wade

Summary

A disused chalk pit is located at Shuart near St. Nicholas at Wade. It is marked on the c.1861 1st edition Ordnance Survey map as 'Chalk Pit', and again on the c.1896 2nd edition as 'Old Chalk Pit'. The pit boundary is still visible at the site.

Grid Reference:TR 2695 6779
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1896 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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Boundary of 'Old Chalk Pit' present on 1st ed 1872 map, sheet 24,2nd ed 1898 and 3rd ed map, however disused. (1)


1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9906.

1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9906.

1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9907.

1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9907.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9461.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9461.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9661.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9661.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9668.

1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9668.

1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11698.

1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11698.

<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 207 (Chart). SKE6452.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2667/1. print.
---Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4033. print.
---Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5059. print.
---Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7024. print.
---Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 963. print.
---Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 962. print.
<1>Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 207.