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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 111 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Cliffsend Crossing chalk pit |
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Summary
A chalk pit was formerly located at the Cliffsend railway crossing. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st and 2nd edition maps (c.1858-1898) as 'Old Chalk Pit'. The outline is still visible on the 3rd and 4th edition maps (c.1905-1940).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3455 6470 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1858 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Chalk pit located on 1st ed OS 6" 1872 map, and 2nd ed map, sheet 37. Boundary marked on 3rd ed 1908 map. Disused by 1930s revised ed. (1)
The edge of the quarry was located during an evaluation in 2002. (2)
<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 232 (Chart). SKE6452.
<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2003, 26 Clive Road, Cliffsend, Nr. Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE17524.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 232. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 2003. 26 Clive Road, Cliffsend, Nr. Ramsgate, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment. |
