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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 306 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk pit, limekiln and hop pickers huts adjacent to Old Park Shaw |
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Summary
Chalk pit, limekiln and hop pickers huts adjacent to Old Park Shaw
| Grid Reference: | TR 0508 5283 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SE |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1862 AD?)
- LIME KILN (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1862 AD?)
- HOPPERS HUT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD? to 1940 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Chalk pit, limekiln and hop pickers huts adjacent to Old Park Shaw, Chilham |
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Full description
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Chalk pit, limekiln and hop pickers huts built adjacent to Old Park Shaw at the end of the nineteenth century. The limekiln and chalk pit are shown on the 1st edition OS map. The hop pickers huts are shown on the OS second edition map and subsequently on the OS third and fourth edition maps. The buildings were demolished in the middle of the twentieth century - not shown on the 1940s aerial photo.
Identified by the Historic Farmsteads Survey. (1)
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.
<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.
<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
<4> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project. |
| <1> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4. |
| <2> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| <3> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
| <4> | Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3. |
