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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 66 NE 82
Type of record:Monument
Name:Remains of reservoir associated with modern clay extraction, Shorne Wood

Summary

The Remains of 'Wash Plant' associated with modern clay extraction, identified during field survey works in 2004


Grid Reference:TQ 6795 6978
Map Sheet:TQ66NE
Parish:SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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The remains of the southern part of a "wash plant" recorded on the 1939 OS map alomg with an early phase of major clay extraction. The remains consist of a large concrete lined slurry laggon, two concrete roads (one of which carried a tramway and remains as intact kerbs), as well as channels and a platform that do not appear on the OS map [1]


<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2005, Shorne Wood Country Park (Unpublished document). SWX12846.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Shorne Wood Country Park.

Related records

TQ 67 SE 275Part of: Area of modern day clay extraction, Shorne Wood (Monument)