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Monument details

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval finds including a wall and pottery were located at the site of the Dover Sports Centre off Woolcomber Street (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information).

Monument Types

• SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1499 AD?)
• SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1539 AD?)
• SHERD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1837 AD? to 1901 AD?)

Full description

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(TR 3241)(sited to place name only) Medieval and post medieval finds from Dover. Three coins, a token and 150 assorted sherds ranging from 14th century brown-glazed ware to Victorian pottery bearing the name "Payn's York Hotel" were found in a trench 20ft deep at the site of a proposed sports centre at Dover. (1) A large wall 4ft 6ins wide and 9ft deep built of chalk blocks, flint and Caen stone, running approximately north-south, was also found. The wall is believed to be of fifteenth century, or possibly earlier, construction. (2)

<1> KAR 34 1973 101 (J Gaunt and D Crellin) (OS Card Reference). SKE45304.

<1> John Gaunt and Dough Crellin, 1973, Kent Archaeological Review: Dover Archaeological Group, KAR 34 1973 101 (J Gaunt and D Crellin) (Article in serial). SKE31835.

<2> Kent Archaeological Society, 1973, Archaeologia Cantiana: Investigations and Excavations during the year. Vol. 88, Arch Cant 88 1973 219 (TD Crellin) (Article in serial). SKE31836.

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