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Monument details

Summary

Large chalk quarry to the east of TQ 67 SW 237542 and south of the North Kent Line. The pit was worked in tandem with TQ 67 SW 236 supplying the Britannia Cement works (TQ 67 NW 97) to the north. The pit remains open and overgrown, but it has been partially filled particularly toward the eastern side

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.

Monument Types

• STONE QUARRY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1940 AD? (at some time))
• TRAMWAY (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD? to 1940 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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Large chalk quarry to the east of TQ 67 SW 237 and south of the North Kent Line. The pit was worked in tandem with TQ 67 SW 236 supplying the Britannia Cement works (TQ 67 NW 97) to the north. The pit remains open and overgrown, but it has been partially filled particularly toward the eastern side.(1)

Location accurate to 2m based on available information.

<1> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN581 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.

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