Monument record TR 06 SW 1538 - Cannons identified at the Marsh Gunpowder Work

Cannons identified at the Marsh Gunpowder Works during the RCHME Faversham's Explosives Industry Project in 1991 (RCHME ground photography negative reference 164/K/27-30). Seven cannons were identified, all had been re-used as gate bollards. Three of the cannons were 1.85 metres in length, the rest were 2.63 metres in length. Two were found in situ along Ham Road, north of the entrance lodge. (1)

Historic England archive material: 662290 Faversham Explosives Industry, Kent In 1991, RCHME Keele carried out a basic investigation of the remains of the gunpowder and explosives industry in Faversham as a background to the Oare Gunpowder Works survey and to enhance the NMR record.Contents : 4 plans, ground photography, 68 prints, supporting materialCondition : SATISFACTORY
943688 Marsh Gunpowder Works/ink survey Antiquity Model: Surveyed

<1> Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd, 2019, Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE54278.

<2> 1992, KAR 108, 1992, p 190 (Article in serial). SKE54237.