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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 418 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | A sawyers shed, Chatham Dockyard |
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Summary
A brick built structure used for sawing timber for use within the dockyard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7625 6952 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SAW PIT (Post Medieval - 1820 AD to 1847 AD)
Full description
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A brick built structure encountered in an evaluation trench within Chatham Dockyard. It features on maps from c.1820 onwards, where it is described as a sawpit and later as a sawyers shed. It was 6.11m wide. There were ashlar pads that probably supported the uprights for the roof structure (1).
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2007, Chatham Dockyard Interface Land, Chatham, Kent - Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE15836.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2007. Chatham Dockyard Interface Land, Chatham, Kent - Archaeological Evaluation Report. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 220 | Part of: Chatham Royal Naval Dockyard (Monument) |
