Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A number of chalk quarry pits and an associated lime kiln are visible on land north of Folkstone Road and west of the High Street on historic OS maps dating to the later 19th and early 20th centuries. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available informaiton)

Monument Types

• LIME KILN (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1862 AD? to 1929 AD?)
• QUARRY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1862 AD? to 1929 AD?)

Full description

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A number of chalk quarry pits and an associated lime kiln are visible on land north of Folkstone Road and west of the High Street on historic OS maps dating to the later 19th and early 20th centuries. By the fourth edition OS a concrete works is located at the site. The easternmost of these pits is labelled "old chalk pit" on the second edition, suggesting that it had been there for a long time before the map was surveyed.(1-4) These are examples of relatively large chalk extraction sites and it is likley they would have been used for production on an industrial scale. The limekiln would have been used to reduce the chalk to lime for fertilizer. (5)

<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<3> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<5> Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.

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