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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 1507
Type of record:Building
Name:Possible Glazing House, Marsh Gunpowder Works

Summary

Possible Glazing House, Marsh Gunpowder Works

Grid Reference:TR 0150 6284
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Possible glazing House, Marsh Gunpowder works. "Glazing Houses were where grains of gunpowder would have been coated in lead and sometimes graphite to make them more water resistant." The building has been there since at least 1877, and possibly since 1790. (1)


<1> Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd, 2019, Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE54278.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Unpublished document: Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd. 2019. Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent.