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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 1021
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Quay serving Rosherville Chalk Quarry

Summary

Grid Reference:	TQ 63194 74527
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

QUAY (First mentioned 1870, Post Medieval - 1870 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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A quay is visible in this location on the historic OS maps of the area. It is serving Rosherville Chalk Quarry and is the terminus of a tramway that connects a series of chalk pits located to the south. (1-2) the quay is still present at the time the 4th edition OS map was drawn but it is not connected to the tramway. (3) Site in use as an aggregate works, this area is in use as gravel storage, no visible remains of the quay but may just be built over (4)

<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, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. [Mapped feature: #107533 Quay, ]
<2>	Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>	Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947.
<4>	Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1699

Part of: Former site of Tramways, associated chalk quarries at Rosherville, Northfleet. (Monument)