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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 339 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk pit, Quex Park, Birchington |
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Summary
A post medieval chalk pit.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3106 6859 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1790 AD? to 1890 AD?)
Full description
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A post-medieval chalk Pit was located in Quex Park. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1858-1873, and appears on the 2nd edition (c.1891-1898) as 'Old Chalk Pit'. The boundary is still visible on the later 3rd and 4th edition maps (c.1905-1940) and remains to this day. (1)
A feature is shown in the area of the chalk pit on the OS drawings of AD 1797. The site is marked as a working chalk pit on the Birchington Tithe Map.
In 2011 Kent Underground Research Group surveyed tunnels at the quarry. Five galleries extend out from the pit, all less than 30m in length. The quarry and associated lime kiln were in use from the early 19th century until the 1890s. Slots cut in the walls of the galleries suggest that they were used after excavation, perhaps for storage or agricultural activity. (2)
<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 284 (Chart). SKE6452.
<2> Kent Underground Research Group, 2011, Quex Park Quarry Tunnels (Unpublished document). SKE25163.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 284. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Kent Underground Research Group. 2011. Quex Park Quarry Tunnels. |
