I love this place, it may now be semi maintained now but the site still feels derelict, a great place in the summer, surrounded by lakes. Probably should go in the Heritage section, but I did not have permissions to post there.
Oare/Faversham is one of the few places in Britain that can claim a long association with gunpowder. Production is known to have commenced before 1558. It may have been started by the last Abbot of Faversham – John Caslock – in the period 1499-1538, making it the earliest production site in Britain.
It is said that 36 barrels of gunpowder made at Faversham were used by Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators in their plot to blow up the old Houses of Parliament in 1605.
To maintain this nationally important archaeological site for future generations the entire site has been notified as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (National Monument No. 31414).
http://www.gunpowderworks.co.uk/history.asp
Doggy fell in, boy did he stink
Cheers
Oare/Faversham is one of the few places in Britain that can claim a long association with gunpowder. Production is known to have commenced before 1558. It may have been started by the last Abbot of Faversham – John Caslock – in the period 1499-1538, making it the earliest production site in Britain.
It is said that 36 barrels of gunpowder made at Faversham were used by Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators in their plot to blow up the old Houses of Parliament in 1605.
To maintain this nationally important archaeological site for future generations the entire site has been notified as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (National Monument No. 31414).
http://www.gunpowderworks.co.uk/history.asp
Doggy fell in, boy did he stink
Cheers