denehole
From Underfoot
A denehole is an underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft. The name is given to certain caves or excavations in England, which have been popularly supposed to have been created by the Danes or some other of the early northern invaders of the country. The common spelling Dane hole is adduced as evidence of this, and individual names, such as Vortigern's Caves at Margate, and Canute's Gold Mine near Bexley, naturally follow the same theory. The word, however, is probably derived from the Anglo Saxon den, a hole or valley. The lack of evidence found in them has led to long arguments as to their function.
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Dane hole; Dene hole; Dene-hole
United Kingdom, underground structure, Mynydd Tyntyle, Coal Level Lxii,
Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury
Essex - By H. Moll Geographer - btv1b53056597k
Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury (bottom)
Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury (top)
King Conubelin's Gold MinesKing Conubelin's Gold Mines
Dene hole - Hangman's wood SSSI.
Information sign about the Dene Hole in Capstone Park
Marnière Neuville-sur-Authou- Deneholes, and Artificial Caves with Vertical Entrances@ scientific article published in January 1882
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Dene-holes - encyclopedia article (English)
- Deneholes, and Artificial Caves With Vertical Entrances - scientific article published in January 1881
- Appendix I: The deneholes of Kent - section published in 1908
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Kent Underground Research Group page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Essex - By H. Moll Geographer - btv1b53056597k | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury (bottom) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Several Spacious Caverns near Tilbury (top) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | King Conubelin's Gold Mines | Commons | ||
| commons | image | King Conubelin's Gold Mines | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dene hole - Hangman's wood SSSI. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Information sign about the Dene Hole in Capstone Park | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Marnière Neuville-sur-Authou | Commons | ||
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