Guess the Place

[johnfilmer]

That inverter was as big as the battery, and however it worked (witchcraft?) it made a very loud constant buzzing noise.

During this time there was a fuel saving overall speed limit of 50mph. Dr Nosworthy phoned me one day, as Service Manager I was a customer’s usual point of contact, to ask me to have a word with my boss. He had been seen on many occasions charging up and down the M20 at his usual 80-100mph. Unfortunately for him, he was the driver of a canary yellow Jaguar XJS (aka the flying banana) so not a lot of point denying it When I did mention it, for a Polish born person his range of Anglo Saxon was pretty impressive!

[johnfilmer]

I knew it as the Gatehouse to St Mary’s Abbey.

It was home to a Dr Nosworthy, a large, imposing gentleman whose function for the nuns of the Abbey I never found out.

He was most concerned that if the power went off, then his new, gas fired heating system would stop, unlike his ancient solid fuel device that would keep burning. This was about 1973 or so and power cuts commonplace. I got him a caravan battery and a 12/240volt inverter. He was quite happy as he got enough power to also power a reading light.

Over to you grandarog

[grandarog]

I think I recognise your pic from visiting friends at West Malling years ago,i am sure they said it was something to do with an Abbey?

[johnfilmer]

The Gatehouse was the description when I knew it 50odd years ago.

[grandarog]

Is it connected to an Abbey mid-Kent area?

[johnfilmer]

An interesting one MartinR, I must have looked around every known chalk pit, changing map dates before I found the outline on a later
map, then back tracked to the given clue. Good fun when done with added brain fog

Having (almost) survived Man Flu, and then Sainsbury's, I came back home to post the next GTP. It looks like the computer has, for the moment, eaten it. So here is a hastily cobbled replacement.

Should be very simple...

[MartinR]

Yes John, you're right.  The tramway didn't connect with the rest of the system, instead it appears to have had an unloading area above the tramway in the earlier pit.  the tramway passed through a tunnel to the Burham Brick, Lime and Cement Works down by the river.  the BBLCW had its own clay pit, and clay + lime = cement.  I've included a larger view to show the two quarries.

Location of the hut by the entrance points is at:

• Grid ref:  TQ 74055 62012
• Co-ords: 51°19'51"N,000°29'50"E or 51.53056,0.49700

Over to you John Filmer.

[johnfilmer]

Looks like it is the old chalk pit to the west of the Upper Bell on Bluebell Hill - roughly from above which the long lens photo of Kits Coty was taken in a previous challenge.

I only found the complex rail layout on a 25inch OS from 1895ish.

[John Walker]

Munitions connection?

[MartinR]

No to both, but Grandarog is closer.

[grandarog]

Looks like a sand or gravel pit for a brickfield.

[Stewie]

Is it something to do with the super heavy gun batteries on the  Martin Mill light railway?

[MartinR]

A map one this time.  An interesting bit of trackwork, but what for and where?  BTW, don't get confused by the "93 10.008", it is not a height.

[John Walker]

You have it MartinR. Looking at early aerial shots, I get the impression that this warehouse was part of the Ragstone Quarry workings.  Perhaps another member can confirm?

Over to you MartinR

[MartinR]

Oh naughty.  It's not in The Quarries, but just around the corner in Old Tree Lane!

Location info:

• Nat Grid:                   TQ 77568 51607
• Nearest Post Code:   ME17 4NQ
• Co-ords (WGS84):     51°14'10"N,000°32'32"E or 51.23601,0.54220

As an aside, some time ago I explained the reason for the "WGS84" annotation for the co-ordinates.  I had a quick look at the earlier OSGB36 standard for the warehouse, and it differed from the WGS84 by about 1/10 mile, say 180 yards.  Enough to put it in the next field.