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Monument details

Summary

A significant collection of medieval and post-medieval pottery from a blocked-off garderobe at Dover Castle. (location accurate to the nearst 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (POTTERY, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

• UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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A significant collection of medieval and post-medieval pottery from a blocked-off garderobe at Dover Castle. The finds were excavated in a series of12 inch spits. Towards the middle of the seventeenth century, perhaps during the Civil War, this garderobe shaft was partly filled in and blocked off as a result of some general tidying up in the castle. Medieval sherds include local Tyler Hill type coarseware pots and jugs while the post medieval finds include Dutch and English tin-glazed earthenwares; Imported unglazed earthenwares and stonewares; Fine Surrey earthenwares and slip-decorated bowls from north Holland; Slip decorated lead-glazed earthenwares and coarse English lead-glazedearthenwares. A group of clay tobacco pipes C1610-60 and trivets were also found. The collection is seventeenth century in date. (1-3)

<1> D. C. Mynard, 1969, Post Med Arch 3 1969 31-46 (D C Mynard) (Article in serial). SKE48544.

<2> English Heritage, 1965, Dover Castle (Scheduling record). SKE6594.

<3> A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, & S. E. Rigold, 1969, Excavations at Dover Castle, Principally in the Inner Bailey A. M. Cook, D. C. Mynard, &S. E. Rigold (Article in serial). SKE52108.

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