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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 1098
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a 19th century sand extraction pit, Motney Hill, Gillingham

Summary

A 19th century sand extraction pit is visible on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1898-1940). No trace of this pit survives today.

Grid Reference:TQ 8275 6843
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • SAND PIT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1940 AD?)

Full description

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OS. 6', 2nd ed. map, sheet 20 NW shows brickworks, still in use at time of revised ed. of 1931. (1,2). Additional photography (3). Photograph (4-8).


<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> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Motney Hill Water Treatment Works: Archaeology (Wessex Arch 1996) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9873.

<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10390.

<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10403.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9612.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9577.

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>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Motney Hill Water Treatment Works: Archaeology (Wessex Arch 1996).
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4109. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 121. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 154. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4212. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4132. print.