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Chart gunpowder mills is a scheduled ancient monument in Kent comprising the remains of a gunpowder manufacturing complex that operated from the seventeenth century onwards. The site retains structural evidence of the industrial processes involved in powder production, including building foundations and associated features typical of early modern gunpowder mills. Located in the Weald region of Kent, the complex reflects the strategic importance of gunpowder manufacture to England during the early modern period, when such facilities were established near suitable water sources to power machinery and support the nation's military and commercial needs.
Chart gunpowder mills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018786. View the official record →
Chart gunpowder mills is a scheduled ancient monument in Kent comprising the remains of a gunpowder manufacturing complex that operated from the seventeenth century onwards.
Chart gunpowder mills is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018786.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Maison Dieu, a late C15 to early C16 building incorporating part of a medieval hospital (0.7 km), The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa (1 km), Oare gunpowder works (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chart gunpowder mills's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chart gunpowder mills stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.