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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2485 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Kitchen and medieval bread oven within the Keep at Dover Castle, Kent |
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Summary
The ground floor/ basement level of the great Keep at Dover Castle was originally constructed and used as a kitchen. An original and large circular bread oven is located in one of the mural chambers on the northern side of the basement level, indicating the status of this building in the Medieval period. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3248 4195 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- KITCHEN (Disused, Medieval to Modern - 1181 AD to 2050 AD)
- OVEN (Disused, Medieval to Modern - 1181 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The ground floor/ basement level of the great Keep at Dover Castle was originally constructed and used as a kitchen. An original and large circular bread oven is located in one of the mural chambers on the northern side of the basement level, indicating the status of this building in the Medieval period. (summarised from sources) (1-2)
<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 English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document).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.
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XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014.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: #102047 Bread Oven, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover. |
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