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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1354 on: March 27, 2020, 12:48:08 PM »
Bomb Testing ?

Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1353 on: March 27, 2020, 10:04:13 AM »
Now you're getting warmer.  Not quite chalk, but a form of limestone.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1352 on: March 26, 2020, 11:59:12 PM »
Was it a tunnel to mine chalk or a tunnel for access?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1351 on: March 26, 2020, 12:37:37 PM »
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.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1350 on: March 26, 2020, 12:17:35 PM »

Polhill Tunnel
Badger's Mount, Kent, UK ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1349 on: March 26, 2020, 11:39:49 AM »
FHD area, but not the Fort itself.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1348 on: March 26, 2020, 11:36:49 AM »
Anything to do with Fort Halstead area?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1347 on: March 26, 2020, 11:27:49 AM »
Stuart: man-made
John: you're moving away from it.  Go south from Chislehurst.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1346 on: March 26, 2020, 10:26:20 AM »



The chalk mine ,Shepherds Lane Dartford?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1345 on: March 26, 2020, 10:07:50 AM »
Is it a natural cavern or man-made?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1344 on: March 26, 2020, 09:48:38 AM »
Nearer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1343 on: March 26, 2020, 12:44:56 AM »
Chislehurst Caves ?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1342 on: March 25, 2020, 10:39:24 PM »
Neither location

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1341 on: March 25, 2020, 10:13:19 PM »
Anything to do with the surveying of Frindsbury or Dartford Chalk Mine?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #1340 on: March 25, 2020, 09:45:44 PM »
Do tell.
I'm afraid current photos are out unless you'd be happy with my chery, my magnolia, my holly etc.  I'm "at risk of severe illness" so am housebound till the summer.  Here's one I culled from a book.