Listed Building record TQ 57 NE 1093 - FLINT CAVE IN THE GROUNDS OF INGRESS ABBEY AT TQ 5898 5904

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1813 to 1853 Summary from record TQ 57 SE 171: The Flint cave was part of an ornamental post medieval landscape, Ingress Park, at the site of Ingress Abbey. The style and solidity of the build suggest that it is of similar date to the rest of the follies in the park and that it could be the ornamental cave constructed for the Earl of Bessborough around 1760, to house his collection of Roman altars.

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Grid reference TQ 5899 7488 (point)
Map sheet TQ57SE
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

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<1> AOC Archaeology Group, 1998, Ingress Abbey Greenhithe Kent. An Archaeological Impact Assessment. (Unpublished document). SKE12234.

<2> Debois Landscape Survey Group, 1999, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent A record of the landscape. (Unpublished document). SKE12236.

<3> AOC Archaeology Group, 2000, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Grotto, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE12237.

<4> AOC Archaeology Group, 2002, Interim Report on the Excavations within the Flint Cave (the Grotto), Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12229.

<5> AOC Archaeology Group, 2002, A Report on Excavations within the Flint Cave (the Grotto), Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE12238.

<6> AOC Archaeology Group, 2004, Results Of Archaeological Excavation And Recording At Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12239.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 1998. Ingress Abbey Greenhithe Kent. An Archaeological Impact Assessment..
  • <2> Unpublished document: Debois Landscape Survey Group. 1999. Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent A record of the landscape..
  • <3> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2000. An Archaeological Evaluation at the Grotto, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent..
  • <4> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2002. Interim Report on the Excavations within the Flint Cave (the Grotto), Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent.
  • <5> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2002. A Report on Excavations within the Flint Cave (the Grotto), Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent..
  • <6> Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2004. Results Of Archaeological Excavation And Recording At Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (7)

  • Intrusive Event: A Report on the Excavations within the Flint Cave (the Grotto), Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (Ref: INGA 99) (EKE8546)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at the Grotto, Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. (Ref: INGA 99) (EKE8545)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Field Survey at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8549)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Landscape Assessment at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8548)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Report on historical survey at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8551)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Report on history of landscape at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe (EKE8550)
  • Intrusive Event: Results of Archaeological Excavation and Recording at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. (Ref: INGA 99) (EKE8547)

Record last edited

Aug 5 2013 12:51PM