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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2477 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated Drain, Inner Bailey of Dover Castle |
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Summary
During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust on a service trench in 1990 A stone lined drain of uncertain though possibly Medieval date was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3246 4196 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DRAIN (Possibly Medieval, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1154 AD? to 1540 AD?)
Full description
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During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust on a service trench in 1990 A stone lined drain of uncertain though possibly Medieval date was uncovered. This drain may have been associated with an outfall from a garderobe piercing the north west wall of the Keep. (1-2)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Canterbury’s Archaeology 1989–1990 Excavations: Kent Sites (Article in serial). SKE52111.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1990, Archaeologia Cantiana: Interim report on work carried out in 1990 by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (Article in serial). SKE52127.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Canterbury’s Archaeology 1989–1990 Excavations: Kent Sites. Vol 15 pp 26-29. [Mapped feature: #102004 Drain, ] |
| <2> | Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1990. Archaeologia Cantiana: Interim report on work carried out in 1990 by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Vol 108 pp 195-265. |
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