Miscellaneous Notes on Deneholes. 
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trees appear on the map (6 in. Ord. Map, Sheet 44, Kent). 
They are very close to each other, and one of them is still of 
considerable depth. The next pits seen were two near to the 
N.E. corner of the wood N.W. of Pivington Farm. These 
two pits are very close together, and are on the line of a 
hedge which formerly ranged from the corner of the wood to 
the parish boundary. One of these pits still preserves its 
original shape, and is about 27 ft. deep. It is much valued 
as a means of getting rid of worthless carcases, which 
gradually decay and disappear, leaving but a few bones 
Fig. 4.— Pit near Lenham, between Birch Wood and Woodside Green. 
Scale 40 ft. to the inch. 
behind. From this point we proceeded in a north-westerly 
direction along the footpath leading from Warren Street to 
Woodside Green. After passing Birch Wood, three pits very 
close together were noticed, beside the footpath, in the next 
irregular strip of wood; and in the border of the wooded 
patch succeeding it, and about one hundred yards north of 
the footpath, we came to an open pit. Being the best fitted 
for investigation, and a good typical example of the whole 
class, Mr. Hatch had been good enough to furnish the means 
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