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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 246 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman walling and floor levels, New Street, Dover. |
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Summary
During the clearance of a war damaged site at Yewdens Court (now demolished) in 1952 a Roman wall foundation and series of associated floor levels were located. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3183 4144 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FLOOR (Roman - 150 AD? to 409 AD?)
- WALL (Roman - 150 AD? to 409 AD?)
Associated Finds
- BEAKER (Roman - 100 AD? to 150 AD?)
- SHERD (Roman - 100 AD? to 399 AD?)
Full description
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During the clearance of a war damaged site at Yewdens Court (now demolished) in 1952 a foundation of chalk blocks had been dug into the original ground level, a number of floor and occupation levels were also located in association with this foundation. The earliest of these floor levels was overlain by pottery of a 2nd and 3rd century date while the latest was overlain by pottery of a 3rd and 4th century date and a coin of Tetricus (A.D. 270-3). (1)
<1> L. Murray Threipland, 1957, Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations in Dover Vol. 71, Arch Cant 71 1957 19-20 (LM Threipland) (Article in serial). SKE31703.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: L. Murray Threipland. 1957. Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations in Dover Vol. 71. Vol. 71 pp. 14- 37. Arch Cant 71 1957 19-20 (LM Threipland). |
