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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2501 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | C13th addition to Peverells Tower and Gateway, Outer Curtain, Dover Castle |
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Summary
Peverell’s tower marks the southern extent of King Johns defensive works (1199-1216) and is one in a series of early C13th towers located along the south western curtain wall. On the southern approach to the gateway is protected by a D-shaped tower built in the later C13th onto the eastern side, in a different masonry style and material. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3244 4186 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (Medieval to Modern - 1204 AD? to 2050 AD)
- TOWER (Medieval to Modern - 1204 AD? to 2050 AD?)
Full description
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Peverell’s tower marks the southern extent of King Johns defensive works (1199-1216) and is one in a series of early C13th towers located along the south western curtain wall. On the southern approach to the gateway is protected by a D-shaped tower built in the later onto the eastern side, in a different masonry style and material, with one level of loops and a series of post-medieval flat headed windows above, and a conical roof. (1-2) Rigold reported that the base of the tower had a shaft, and behind it a guard-room with a garderobe controlling the passage east from the gate; the shafts were filled and further alterations made around 1300, at which time the king-post roof may have been inserted The lower door on the east side leads into a short passage ending in a large stone-lined shaft/pit. (3)
<1> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.
<3> A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, & S. E. Rigold, 1969, Excavations at Dover Castle, Principally in the Inner Bailey A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, &S. E. Rigold (Article in serial). SKE52108.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #102153 Tower, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
| <3> | Article in serial: A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, & S. E. Rigold. 1969. Excavations at Dover Castle, Principally in the Inner Bailey A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, &S. E. Rigold. Vol 32 Issue 1 PP 54-104. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2500 | Part of: Peverells Tower and Gateway, Outer Curtain, Dover Castle (Building) |
