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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2219 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Small section of possible Medieval Walling, Dover Castle |
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Summary
A Stub of a mortared wall was uncovered during a watching brief undertaken on a small service trench located just outside of the Kings Gate at Dover Castle. This wall is of a possible Medieval date and was associated with a few small sherds of Medieval pottery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3243 4196 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WALL (Medieval - 1175 AD? to 1225 AD?)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Medieval - 1175 AD? to 1225 AD?)
Full description
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A Stub of a mortared wall was uncovered during a watching brief undertaken on a small service trench located just outside of the Kings Gate at Dover Castle. Its axis was uncertain from the small section which was exposed. As seen the masonry survived to a height of 0.42m and was of three courses. The bottom course of large chalk lumps represented the foundation: two courses of split greensand boulders rested on top of this. All the stonework was set in a cream gritty mortar with frequent small flint and chalk fragments. The foundation course was apparently cut into a sterile layer of stiff orange clay with chalk and flint lumps. - summarised from report (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1993, An archaeological watching brief at the King's gate, Dover Castle (Unpublished document). SKE8088.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1993. An archaeological watching brief at the King's gate, Dover Castle. [Mapped feature: #101390 Wall, ] |
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