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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 558 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Old Chalk quarry, Fox Hill Down |
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Summary
Old Chalk quarry located on Fox Hill Down, to the east of the Port of Dover. This former quarry is thought to date to at least the early 19th century and is visible on aerial photography dated to 1945 and 1962. As of 2003 the quarry has been infilled and is an area of scrubland.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3354 4243 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | GUSTON, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STONE QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1875 AD?)
Full description
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An old chalk quarry lies on the northern side of Fox Hill Down. It was accessed on the north side and is 3-4m deep by 10m diameter. Heavily overgrown with scrub. The quarry pre-dates 1840.(1)
<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.
<4> Google Earth, EARH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 02-SEPT-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey. |
| <4> | Graphic material: Google Earth. EARH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 02-SEPT-2010. |
