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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NW 166 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk Quarry and Caves, Lees Court Estate, Sheldwich |
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Summary
A number of chalk tunnels associated with an open quarry in Swine Wood. Quarry operating up to the 1870s – Tunnels dug around 1860-70. Also remains of a 17/18th cent chalkwell chamber that the quarry has broken into.
| Grid Reference: | TR 02110 55340 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NW |
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| Parish: | SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DENE HOLE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD? to 1800 AD?)
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1860 AD to 1880 AD?)
Full description
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A number of chalk tunnels associated with an open quarry in Swine Wood. Quarry operating up to the 1870s – Tunnels dug around 1860-70. Also remains of a 17/18th cent chalkwell chamber that the quarry has broken into (1,2).
<1> Kent Underground Research Group, 2010, Email to KCC from Rod LeGear regarding KURG recent discoveries and recording (Verbal communication). SKE16011.
<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> | Verbal communication: Kent Underground Research Group. 2010. Email to KCC from Rod LeGear regarding KURG recent discoveries and recording. |
| <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. |
