Monument record TQ 76 SW 116 - C19th features relating to cement production at St Peter's pit, Wouldham

Summary

C19th features relating to cement production at St Peter's pit, Wouldham. Features include tramway embankments, and a brick revetted cutting, a brick revetted base to a late C19th reservoir and slight trace of one of the lime kilns. Undated linear earthwork.

Location

Grid reference TQ 71185 62902 (point)
Map sheet TQ76SW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish WOULDHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (12)

Full Description

C19th features relating to cement production at St Peter's pit, Wouldham. Features include tramway embankments, and a brick revetted cutting, a brick revetted base to a late C19th reservoir and slight trace of one of the lime kilns. C19th workshop, various C19th and C20th buildings and an undated linear earthwork.(1)

Area 3 contained Industrial remains of Kiln structure, brick base of chimney associated with kiln and a partial brick wall. In Area 6 there was found a late post-medieval ditch which contained glass, clay pipe fragments and brick.(2)

Area 1B, to the west of the river, contained remnants of buildings associated with dockside activity relating to the limeworks, including a concrete revetment and dock wall, a walled enclosure relating to a smaller dock or inlet to the south of the main dock, and remains of other concrete structures. This area also contained the remains of a possible Second World War gun pit. Area 9, adjacent to the east bank, also includes the remains of features associated with the river, including a river wall and levee and traces of numerous brick-built dockside buildings. Evidence of the limeworks is also extensive; several sections of masonry wall relating to a large mill type building (as seen in a historic photograph of this site) remain, as does a partially collapsed structure comprising approximately twenty lime kilns. (3)


<1> Archaeology South-East, 2002, An Archaeological Walkover Survey of Land at St Peter's pit, Wouldham and the Proposed Medway Crossing, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE13721.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2002, An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Peter's Pit, Wouldham and the Proposed Medway Crossing, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE15689.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology, 2015, Peters Village, Medway Crossing, Halling-Waldham, Report on standing building (Unpublished document). SKE32035.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2002. An Archaeological Walkover Survey of Land at St Peter's pit, Wouldham and the Proposed Medway Crossing, Kent.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2002. An Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Peter's Pit, Wouldham and the Proposed Medway Crossing, Kent.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology. 2015. Peters Village, Medway Crossing, Halling-Waldham, Report on standing building.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Intrusive Event: An Archaeological Evaluation of Land At Peter's Pit, Wouldham and the Proposed Medway Crossing, Kent (EKE10052)
  • Intrusive Event: Peters Village, Medway Crossing, Halling-Waldham, Archaeological watching brief (Ref: KT-PVG07) (EKE15816)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Peters Village, Medway Crossing, Halling-Waldham, Report on standing building (Ref: KT-PVG07) (EKE15815)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover survey of land at St Peter's pit, Wouldham (EKE9981)

Record last edited

Sep 27 2017 12:27PM