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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 125 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Brickworks at Badgers Mount, Darenth |
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Summary
Rems of disused brick and tile works including workings through earlier field boundary banks.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5775 7210 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (BOUNDARY, Unknown date)
- BRICKWORKS (BRICKWORKS, Post Medieval - 1640 AD? to 1800 AD? (at some time))
- TILE WORKS (TILE WORKS, Post Medieval - 1640 AD? to 1800 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A substantial earthen bank and ditch defines the N and E. boundaries of the works, the enclosed area scarred by pits, mounds and scarping, indicating intense digging and industrial activity inc a square mound poss kiln rems. Excavation in the 1960's destroyed the brick foundations and the cellar of a building, pottery giving a 17th century date. Kilns certainly present by 1769. This and cartographic evidence indicates that work commenced in the late 17th century and that brick and tile production had ceased by c. 1800. Field survey in 1993 did not identify the earthworks, poss removed by ploughing. Also apparently removed are the traces of earlier field boundary banks cut through by the brick earth extraction. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment, A2/A282 Dartford improvements: Historic environment assessment, CAT, 1994. (Unpublished document). SWX6767.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment. A2/A282 Dartford improvements: Historic environment assessment, CAT, 1994.. |
