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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 419 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saw pits, Chatham Dockyard |
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Summary
Two brick built structures used for sawing timber for use within the dockyard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7619 6944 |
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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 - 1814 AD to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Two brick built structures encountered in an evaluation trench within Chatham Dockyard. They feature on maps from 1814 onwards. They were 20 feet long and 4 feet wide (internally). They were filled with post-medieval industrial waste (ash, clinker and slag) and 20th century building rubble. At the base of each was a layer of wood chips, probably a direct product of sawing (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 Wessex Archaeology, 2007, Chatham Dockyard Interface Land, Chatham, Kent - Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2007.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) |
