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Orpington Chalk Mine (United Kingdom)


No.1 (TQ475672) - chalkwell reports but not visited

No.2 (TQ459660) - filled denehole

No.3 (TQ460659) - filled denehole

No.4 (TQ455657) - filled denehole

No.5 (TQ480666) - filled denehole

No.6 (TQ485663) - filled denehole

No.7 (TQ482664) - filled denehole

No.8 (TQ459667) - filled denehole

No.9 (TQ488659) - filled denehole

No.10 (TQ459648) - filled denehole

No.11 (TQ474663) - filled chalkwell

No.12 (TQ472664) - filled chalkwell

No.13 (TQ469667) - filled chalkwell

No.14 (TQ468667) - filled chalkwell

No.15 (TQ461663) - filled chalkwell

No.16 (TQ462652) - filled chalkwell

No.17 (TQ479669) - partly filled denehole

No.18 (TQ477670) - filled denehole

References
“Deneholes”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 40-42

"Deneholes Part 2", Chelsea Speleological Society, page 81

References
“Caves & Tunnels in SE England Part 9”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 39

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.3743
Longitude: 0.0948127
Landranger grid reference: TQ459660
Easting: 545900
Northing: 166000

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Orpington Chalk Mine belongs to the Kent region.