Guess the Place

[MartinR]

Yes!  Well done Keith.  The settlement is of course Westerham and the stone is Kentish ragstone.  Over to you

[KeithG]

Are you talking about Hosey Hill old quarry which was at the rear of the village school?
Hosey Caves?
Hosey Common quarry tunnels?

[MartinR]

Keep going along the A25.

[KeithG]

Dryhill Quarry?

[MartinR]

The settlement is about 1/2 mile S of the M25, and the actual location of the quarry about a mile S of that.

[KeithG]

I think things are getting mixed up here?


What you're after is it North or South of the M25?

[MartinR]

No, the stone is called "Kentish ...stone".  Further hint: If I started at Sevenoaks and headed west to an ancient settlement with a Saxon name, where would I be?

[KeithG]

Don't know type of answer you are looking for but Bargate Stone / Kentish Ragstone was mined on Surrey and Kent border ?

[MartinR]

No, try Kentish .....
Recap:South of Chislehurst.  In the area of Fort Halstead.  Clearly an abandoned operation, dug in the mid 19thC.

[pete.mason]

hearthstone?

[MartinR]

No, you were right previously, it was a tunnel to mine a form of limestone.  Hint: the type of limestone is peculiar to this county.

[John Walker]

Bomb Testing ?

[MartinR]

Now you're getting warmer.  Not quite chalk, but a form of limestone.

[John Walker]

Was it a tunnel to mine chalk or a tunnel for access?

[MartinR]

Not Pollhill tunnel.  The sides of the tunnel have waste from subsequent tunneling deposited in them, you can see it on either side.  The tunnel was never higher than this.  Hint: the tunnels were not used for transport or mineral extraction.  The tunnel shown is early-mid 19thC.