Rainham Mark Grammar School Sinkhole - Dene Holes in Rainham Kent

Following hot on the heels of the sinkhole discovered in the centre of the M2 motorway, another has been found in the grounds of Rainham Mark Grammar School in Rainham. This highlights how Kent is riddled with Dene Holes dug into the chalk and that seem to be appearing as a result of the exceptionally wet weather over Winter 2013/14.

These are photos of dene holes found in Rainham Kent in 1980 during the building of a new housing estate. The same Dene holes are what was responsible for the M2 motorway closure.



Rainham Mark School Sinkhole - Dene Holes in Rainham Kent
looking into a dene hole

Rainham Mark School Sinkhole - Dene Holes in Rainham Kent
At the bottom of a dene hole once excavated



Rainham Mark School Sinkhole - Layout of Dene Holes in Rainham Kent

M2 Motorway Sinkhole Photo - Is it a Dene Hole? M2 Closed Junction 5 to 6

On Tuesday 11th February 20-14 the M2 motorway was closed as a result of a sinkhole being discovered in the central reservation between junctions 5 and 6.

The cause of the hole isn't yet known but may be due to the very heavy rain that we've experienced over. There are also many dene holes that have been discovered across Kent and it may be that an entrance to one of these has been found as a result of the soil being washed away. It is also possible that it is old mine workings.

These photos are of a dene hole discovered in Rainham Kent during building works and the following excavation of the hole gives an idea of the scale of it.

UPDATE - The Highways Agency have now confirmed that the Sinkhole in the central reservation of the M2 was actually a dene hole. These appear across Kent and are chambers dug into the the chalk.



M2 Motorway Sinkhole Photo - Is it a Dene Hole?

Church Life in the Middle Ages - Study Day 5th April 2014

KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

A Study Day presented by KAS Churches Committee




Church Life in the Middle Ages at St Leonard’s, Hythe



Saturday 5th

 April 2014, 10.00 - 16.00

St Leonard’s Church,

Hythe



Programme

 9.30 – 10.00 Registration & Welcome

10.00 – 11.00 Lecture: Medieval Hythe & civic uses of sacred space

11.00 – 11.20 Coffee

11.20 – 11.55 Lecture: Church upper spaces and their uses [Dr Toby

 Huitson]

11.55 – 12.30 Lecture: Masonry sculpture: Hythe's carved stone fragments

12.30 – 13.40 Lunch

13.40 – 14.40 Workshop 1 [church documents & church building – see ticket]

14.40 – 15.00 Tea

15.00 – 16.00 Workshop 2 [church building & church documents – see ticket]

[Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh]

[Heather Newton, Canterbury Cathedral]

Tickets: £15.00 including lunch, tea and coffee

Please send by 21 March 2014 with a cheque made payable to KAS, plus a stamped

addressed envelope to Mrs J. Davidson, 7 Chatsworth Rd, Gillingham ME7 1DS

[contact details: 01634 324004 (home); jackie.davidson@canterbury-cathedral.org ]


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A FEW parking spaces for disabled car users are available at St Leonard’s

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Day on 5th April 2014 @ St Leonard’s church, Hythe

Point of Lay POL Chickens Kent (Hybrid ISA Brown/Warren Hens)

Looking for hybrid Point of Lay hens/chickens in Kent?

We have ISA Brown POL chickens available from April 2014. They are also available earlier but are hatched in Jan/Feb 2014.

Please get in touch via info@rainham-history.co.uk or call 07710-444227 for more details

Woodside Wigmore 1926 Action Forum

The latest Action Forum magazine has now been added to the Rainham History site

Action forum Jan/Feb 2014

The cover photo is of Woodside Wigmore Rainham Kent in around 1926.