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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 582 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman structure, Bench Street Dover |
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Summary
In 1974 trial excavations undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit near Bench Street, Dover, located a deeply buried chalk block structure which may represent a continuation of the Roman water front. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3201 4133 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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In 1974 trial excavations undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit near Bench Street, Dover, located a deeply buried chalk block structure which may represent a continuation of the Roman water front. (1-2)
No further information about the location or circumstances of this discovery is available.
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2 (Unpublished document). SKE6598.
<2> Philp, B. J., 1981, The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977 (Monograph). SKE7863.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1998. Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2. |
| <2> | Monograph: Philp, B. J.. 1981. The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977. |
