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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NE 373
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of chalk pit, Shallows Road, St. Peters

Summary

A chalk pit near Buddles Farm. It is marked as 'Wine Acre' chalk pit on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1858-1873. Named 'Old Chalk Pit' on the 2nd edition of c.1891-1898, and visible but not named on the 3rd edition map (c.1905-1922). It is once again marked as 'Chalk Pit' on the 4th edition map.


Grid Reference:TR 3761 6893
Map Sheet:TR36NE
Parish:BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHALK PIT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 1940 AD?)

Full description

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Boundary marked as 'Wine Acre' on OS 6" 1st ed (1872). Named 'Old Chalk Pit' on 2nd ed (1899). Marked, but not named on 3rd ed (1908). (1)


<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 265 (Chart). SKE6452.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 265.