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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 66 NE 105
Type of record:Monument
Name:Brick Lined Pit, Cobham Park

Summary

A large brick lined pit, possibly a ice house, found to the south east of Brewers Gate house, Cobham Park, during excavation work for the Channel Tunnel Rail link in 1998


Grid Reference:TQ 6837 6956
Map Sheet:TQ66NE
Parish:COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • ICEHOUSE? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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A large brick lined pit, possibly a ice house, found to the south east of Brewers Gate house, Cobham Park. This structure may also have been a cistern connected with a series of ornamental ponds to the east. (1)


CgMs Consulting, May 2004, Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX12856.

<1> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2001, CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report (Unpublished document). SWX12851.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. May 2004. Archaeological Desk Based Assesment of Land at Stuart Road, Gravesend, Kent.
<1>Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2001. CTRL Area 330 (Zone 5) Cobham Golf Course (ARC CGC 98) Post-excavation report.