Monument record TQ 67 SW 235 - Craylands Lane Pit, Swanscombe
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 6018 7488 (513m by 152m) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Extraction pit to the south of the main Swanscombe Cement Works (TQ 67 NW 98) and between London Road and the railway line. It was in use by the 1870s and shown on the 1st ED OS map, supplying the main works to the north. By the 1890s the cement works had expanded south into the pit, with the main extraction moving south to Barnfield Pit (TQ 57 SE 150). The site remained active until the plants final closure in 1990, when the surviving buildings were demolished in advance of redevelopment. A modern industrial plant now occupies the main part of the site. Access onto site was not available. The tramway tunnel from the Barnfield Pit does survive, however the survival of the tunnels running under London Road to the main Cement Works to the north are unconfirmed.(1)
The quarry was part of the Swanscombe Cement Works set up by James Frost in 1825. By the late 19th century the pit had been worked out and was instead used fro the expansion of the main processing plant housing a number of kilns and was mills. The pit also housed an engine shed for stationary engines built in 1906. In the 1930's the kilns were replaced by a whiting plant and a number of mixing tanks. Few of the pre-1930 buildings survived until 1990 when the quarry site closed .(2)
Location accurate to 2m based on available information
<1> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN574 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2003, Historic Buildings Appraisal of Craylands Lane Pit, Swanscombe, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12255.
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Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- Parent of: Swanscombe Cement Works tunnel later used as Second World War air raid shelter (Building) (TQ 67 SW 587)
- Parent of: Tramlines linking quarry pits, Swanscombe (Monument) (TQ 67 SW 1727)
- Parent of: Tunnel at Swanscombe Cement Works later used as Second World War air raid shelter under London Road, Swanscombe (Building) (TQ 67 SW 588)
- Parent of: Tunnel at Swanscombe Cement Works, later used as Second World War air raid shelter under London Road, Swanscombe (Building) (TQ 67 SW 589)
- Part of: J. B. White Portland Cement Works, Swanscombe (Monument) (TQ 67 NW 98)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Aggregates Levy Survey: Industrial Sites (EKE8258)
Record last edited
Oct 19 2020 3:49PM