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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 252
Type of record:Monument
Name:Dane john lime works

Summary

Lime works situated south of the city, comprising an extensive system of 2ft (61cm)- gauge mineral lines used to transport chalk from the quarry faces to the kilns, operation was mainly by winch on inclined tracks. The works were bisected by the Elham Valley line in 1889. The quarry is now derelict though the sites of the kilns and some of the tracks can still be seen.

Grid Reference:TR 148 567
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • LIME KILN (LIME KILN, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • LIME WORKS (LIME WORKS, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • QUARRY (QUARRY, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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TR148567. The Dane-John Lime Works just south of the city was bisected by the Elham Valley line when this was built in 1889. An extensive system of 2ft (61cm)- gauge mineral lines was laid down to transport chalk from the quarry faces to the kilns, operation was mainly by winch on inclined tracks. The quarry is now derelict though the sites of the kilns and some of the tracks can still be seen. (1)


<1> Haselfoot AJ 1978 The Ind Arch of South-East England London Batsford (29) (OS Card Reference). SKE43738.

<2> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKe8109.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Haselfoot AJ 1978 The Ind Arch of South-East England London Batsford (29). [Mapped feature: #43805 Quarry, ]
<2>Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.