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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1180 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval structure with barrel vaulted roof, Castle Street, Dover |
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Summary
Small Medieval structure located during excavations undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust on Castle Street in 1994. It may have been an annexe to a larger cellar or an undercroft to the west. Alternatively the structure may have been a garderobe shaft or cess tank (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31989 41449 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Full description
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In October 1994 a narrow gas pipe trench was excavated at the south end of castle street, the trench cut through the vaulted roof of a small Medieval structure buried at a depth of 1m by Canterbury Archaeological Trust. The chamber was rectangular in shape and measure 2.20m by 1.45m. It had a barrel vaulted roof, some 0.5m high made from neatly shaped chalk blocks set in a cream gritty mortar typical of the type associated with Medieval Dover. The structure was clearly Medieval in date, Castle Street is a 19th century street and before its construction in 1836 the yard and stables of the Antwerp Hotel closed this side of Market Square. The present structure formed part of an even earlier building on the site, perhaps that shown on a map of the town of Dover in 1737 and may have been an annexe to a larger cellar or an undercroft to the west. Alternatively the structure may have been a garderobe shaft or cess tank. (1-4)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1995, Canterburys Archaeology, Kent Sites. 1994-1995 (Article in serial). SKE31649.
<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2 (Unpublished document). SKE6598.
<3> Paul Bennett, 1996, Archaeologia Cantiana: Interim report on work carried out by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust Vol. 116 (Article in serial). SKE31770.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994-1995, Canterbury’s Archaeology 1994–1995, Fieldwork III Kent sites (Article in serial). SKE32046.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1995. Canterburys Archaeology, Kent Sites. 1994-1995. 1994-1995 pp. 20-42. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1998. Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Paul Bennett. 1996. Archaeologia Cantiana: Interim report on work carried out by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust Vol. 116. Vol. 116, pp. 311-324. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994-1995. Canterbury’s Archaeology 1994–1995, Fieldwork III Kent sites. 1994-1995, III Kent sites. |
