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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 1050
Type of record:Monument
Name:Gravel pit, Oare Marshes

Summary

The 1st Edition Ordnance Survey (1858-63) shows a working gravel pit on Oare Marshes but by the 2nd Edition, twenty years later, it is described as an 'old gravel pit' . It can still be seen on photographs taken in 1946 and 2000.


Grid Reference:TR 00558 64377
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:OARE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • GRAVEL PIT (Earlier than 1870, Post Medieval - 1870 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Gravel pit marked on 1st Ed. OS and as 'Old Gravel pit on 2nd ed (1,2). Photographs (3,4).


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

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

<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10457.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9536.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 64. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3243. print.