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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 237 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Gravel Pit, East of Stanhope Road, Swanscombe |
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Summary
Small and short-lived gravel working lying to the east of Stanhope Road. The extraction was never undertaken on a large industrial scale, hence the pit was in use by the late 19th century but redundant by the1930s. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 60794 74419 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GRAVEL PIT (Abandoned, Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1930 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Small and short-lived gravel working lying to the east of Stanhope Road. (1-3) Extraction was never undertaken on a large industrial scale, hence the pit was in use by the late 19th century but redundant by the1930s.(4)
<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> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.
<4> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN575 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.
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>XY | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. [Mapped feature: #103470 quarry, ] |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Essex County Council. 2003. Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites. KN575. |
