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Challock Chalk Mine (United Kingdom)


No.1 (TR003504) - open chalkwell (shaft 9 metres) with 3 chambers in grounds of Kent County Nurseries and has stair access.

No.2 (TQ989497) - open chalkwell (shaft 10 metres) with 3 chambers

No.3 (TR010515) - open but grilled denehole (shaft 10 metres) with double trefoil chambers

No.4 (TQ021499) - filled chalkwell

No.5 (TR020500) - filled chalkwell

No.6 (TR013516) - filled chalkwell

No.7 (TR014518) - filled chalkwell

No.8 (TR015515) - filled chalkwell

No.9 (TR006505) - filled chalkwell

No.10 (TR009505) - partly filled chalkwell used for surface drainage

Nos.11-16 (TQ998509) - line of 6 filled chalkwells

No.17 (TQ999509) - filled chalkwell

No.18 (TQ997509) - filled chalkwell

No.19 (TQ999497) - filled chalkwell

No.20 (TR004496) - filled chalkwell

No.21 (TR003494) - filled chalkwell

Nos.22-23 (TR005494) - 2 filled chalkwells

No.24 (TR017497) - filled chalkwell

Nos.25-29 (TR008504) - 5 filled chalkwells

No.30 (TQ999500) - filled chalkwell

No.31 (TQ994493) - filled flint mine

No.32 (TR007496) - chalkwell partly quarried away leaving 2 chambers accessible

No.33 (TR000515) - filled chalkwell

No.34 (TR003512) - partly filled chalkwell

No.35 (TR009497) - filled chalkwell

No.36 (TR017502) - partly filled chalkwell

No.37 (TQ996509) - filled chalkwell

No.38 (TR004514) - filled chalkwell

No.39 (TR010509) - filled chalkwell

No.40 (TQ994500) - filled chalkwell

No.41 (TR004504) - filled chalkwell

No.42 (TR006519) - chalkwell with chambers used to take road surface water

No.43 (TR003504) - chalkwell with chambers used as a cesspit

No.44 (TQ985505) - filled chalkwell

No.45 (TR022498) - filled chalkwell

No.46 (TR021499) - partly filled chalkwell used for road drainage

No.47 (TR011508) - filled chalkwell

References
"Deneholes Part 2", Chelsea Speleological Society, page 30-40

"Kent & East Sussex Underground", Kent Underground Research Group

“Caves & Tunnels in Kent”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 81

Photos of Challock Chalk Mine

Photographs Of Challock Denehole
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Last updated July 14th 2008 by Peter Burgess
Historic Photographs Of Challock Denehole
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Last updated July 7th 2008 by Guest

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.2177
Longitude: 0.866742
Landranger grid reference: TR003504
Easting: 600300
Northing: 150400

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Major Mining Region



Challock Chalk Mine belongs to the Kent region.