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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 SE 329
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of former Limekiln, near Ramsgate Harbour

Summary

A single Limekiln was formerly located on the foreshore at Ramsgate Harbour below Nelson Crescent. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1858-1873 but not on any later editions.


Grid Reference:TR 3811 6451
Map Sheet:TR36SE
Parish:RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • LIME KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1873 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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Single lime kiln on foreshore at foot of cliff below Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate. ID from OS 1st ed map (1872). Kiln since removed


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1898/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 2009, OS MasterMap, 2009/MasterMap (Cartographic materials). SWX15710.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1898/1:2500.
<3>Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 2009. OS MasterMap. 2009/MasterMap.