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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1729 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tunnel linking chalk pits beneath North Kent Line railway, Swanscombe |
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Summary
A tram tunnel links the former site of two chalk pits on either side of the North Kent Line railway. It is visisble on historic OS maps of the area from the end of the 19th century onwards and is still present (though disused) today. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6091 7473 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TUNNEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)
Full description
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A tram tunnel links the former site of two chalk pits on either side of the North Kent Line railway. Both pits supplied the Britannia Cement. It is visisble on historic OS maps of the area from the end of the 19th century onwards (1-3) and is still present (though disused) today.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <3>XY | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. [Mapped feature: #108079 tunnel, ] |
Related records
| TQ 67 SW 236 | Part of: Chalk Pit (South of Galley Hill Road) (Monument) |
| TQ 67 SW 1728 | Part of: Chalk Pit on Galley Hill, Swanscombe (Monument) |
