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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 212
Type of record:Monument
Name:Barletts chalk pit, St. Nicholas at Wade

Summary

A chalk pit was formerly located at Barletts. 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 2592 6787
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1861 AD? (at some time))
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England

Full description

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Chalk pit present on 1st ed OS 6" map, sheet 24 (1). Described as 'Old chalk Pit' on 2nd ed 1898 map (2). Disused by 3rd ed 1908 map (3). Identified in KCC survey (4) and recorded on site photographs (5-10).


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

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

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

<4> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 206 (Chart). SKE6452.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9458.

<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9462.

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

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

<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9675.

<10> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9721.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<4>Chart: N/A. Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey. KCC 206.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4020. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4035. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5061. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7022. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 7065. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1948. Photograph. 4009. print.