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Monument details
Summary
A 19th century chalk pit and lime kiln at Fisher Street Farm.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0314 5458 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SW |
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| Parish: | SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1842 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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A single kiln was situated in the uphill end of an elongated pit cut into the hillside between Fisher Street Farm and Fridhill Wood, near Sheldwich. The pit remains.
The chalk pit is not shown on the 1842 Tithe Map of Sheldwich. It first appears on the 1st edition OS 25" map. It is marked as "Old Chalk Pit" by the time of the 2nd edition OS 25" map, though a second kiln had been added between the two maps.
In 2008 a lime kiln was emptied. The associated chalk caves were surveyed by the Kent Underground Research Group in 2009. The kiln was surveyed by the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group in 2013. (1,2)
<1> Maidstone Area Archaeological Group, 2013, Survey of a Lime Kiln at Fisher Street Farm, Sheldwich, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE25191.
<2> Rod Legear, 2015, Some underground features on the Lees Court Estate in Sheldwich/Badlesmere (Article in serial). SKE51713.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Maidstone Area Archaeological Group. 2013. Survey of a Lime Kiln at Fisher Street Farm, Sheldwich, Kent. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Rod Legear. 2015. Some underground features on the Lees Court Estate in Sheldwich/Badlesmere. Archaeologia Cantiana vol. 136 pp 293-303. |
