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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1262 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman walling and floors (second phase) near St Martin Le Grand, Dover |
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Summary
During excavations near the church of St. Martin Le Grand in 1950 a series of Roman walls were located. The second phase of development and occupation consisted of walls to the west of the site and a series of puddled chalk floors (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3191 4141 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FLOOR (Roman - 130 AD? to 199 AD?)
- WALL (Roman - 130 AD? to 140 AD?)
Full description
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Excavation in 1950 at a war damaged site to the west of Market Square, near the Church of St. Martin Le Grand revealed the principal part of two Roman rooms. The second phase of development and occupation of the site consisted of the raising of the chalk walls from the first phase (these walls located on the eastern side of the site on top of the made ground had sank) and the construction of further walls to the north and east of the site. Puddled chalk floors were also made up to the new walls forming rooms B and C. (1)
<1> L. Murray Threipland, 1957, Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations in Dover Vol. 71 (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. |
