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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 221
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chambers Well chalk pit, St. Nicholas at Wade

Summary

A chalk pit was formerly located at Chambers well. Marked on the 1st and 2nd edition Ordnance Survey maps as 'Old chalk Pit', c.1861-1898. The boundary of the pit is still present on the 1908 3rd edition map.


Grid Reference:TR 2553 6760
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1861 AD?)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: A chalk pit was formerly located at Chambers well.

Full description

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Old chalk pit on OS 6" 1898 2nd ed map, sheet 24 (1). Folly boundary unclear. Not present on 1st ed map, Still present on 1908 3rd ed map (2). Site also recorded on previous survey undertaken by KCC (3), additional site photographs (4-8).


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<3> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 195 (Chart). SKE6452.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9458.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9462.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9659.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9660.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9667.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<3>Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 195.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4020. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4035. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5063. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5061. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7022. print.