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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NE 224 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former chalk pit later used as a rifle range |
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Summary
A former chalk pit on the north side of Cave Lane. It is now used as a rifle range and may have been used as such during the First and Second World Wars.
| Grid Reference: | TR 26137 55117 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NE |
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| Parish: | GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A former chalk pit on the north side of Cave Lane. It was described in 1757 as a deep chalk pit. It is now used as a rifle range and may have been used as such during the First and Second World Wars (1).
<1> Nicola Bannister, 2001, Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan (Unpublished document). SKE15949.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 2001. Goodnestone Park and Estate: Heritage Landscape Management Plan. |
