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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 202 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cast Iron Pipe, Swanscombe Heritage Centre and Craylands Gorge |
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Summary
Two cast iron water pipes recorded during a site walk over survey in 2004. they run parralell to the tramway at the base of Craylands Gorge. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5964 7454 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Two large cast iron pipes running parallel to the tramway at the base of Craylands Gorge. These act as de watering pipes fot the Eastern Quarry and are kept in working condition, with some new couplings visible. In some parts the pipes are wrapped in tarpaper [1]
<[1]> Archaeology South-East, March 2005, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Walkover Survey of Land adjacent to London Road and Craylands Lane (Little Swanscombe), Swanscombe, Kent (Unpublished document). SWX12833.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, March 2004, Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX12883.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <[1]>XY | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. March 2005. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Walkover Survey of Land adjacent to London Road and Craylands Lane (Little Swanscombe), Swanscombe, Kent. [Mapped feature: #108082 pipeline, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. March 2004. Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment. |
