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Ospringe Chalk Mine (United Kingdom)


No.1 (TQ972589) - filled chalkwell

No.2 (TQ982586) - filled chalkwell

No.3 (TQ978558) - collapsed chalkwell with 5 chambers. Was used as Home Guard post during Second World War and shaft destroyed with explosives afterwards.

References
"Deneholes Part 2", Chelsea Speleological Society, page 82

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.2951
Longitude: 0.827092
Landranger grid reference: TQ972589
Easting: 597200
Northing: 158900

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Major Mining Region



Ospringe Chalk Mine belongs to the Kent region.