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Rainham Chalk Mine (United Kingdom)


No.1 (TQ823659) - filled denehole

No.2 (TQ806666) - filled chalkwell

No.3 (TQ808674) - filled chalkwell

No.4 (TQ806626) - filled chalkwell

No.5 (TQ812630) - filled chalkwell

No.6 (TQ820641) - filled chalkwell

No.7 (TQ831656) - filled chalkwell

Nos.8-9 (TQ815660) - 2 filled chalkwells

No.10 (TQ831662) - denehole partly quarried away and visible in rock face

No.11 (TQ833659) - open shaft blocked with brushwood

No.12 (TQ804664) - filled denehole

No.13 (TQ823666) - pillar & stall chalk mine now filled

References
“Deneholes”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 46

"Deneholes Part 2", Chelsea Speleological Society, page 86

“Caves & Tunnels in SE England Part 7”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 26

“Caves & Tunnels in SE England Part 8”, Chelsea Speleological Society page 8

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.3629
Longitude: 0.617206
Landranger grid reference: TQ823659
Easting: 582300
Northing: 165900

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Major Mining Region



Rainham Chalk Mine belongs to the Kent region.