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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1265 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fourth century Roman Grave located near St. Martin Le Grand, Dover. |
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Summary
During excavations near the church of St. Martin Le Grand, Dover in 1950 a grave was located. It was dug into the top of one of the earlier chak walls at the site (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
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 395 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 a grave. This grave was dug into the top of one of the earlier chalk walls and was filled with later levelling material. The fill contained a coin of the house Theodosius I (AD 388-395). It held the extended skeleton of a middle aged man with his head pointing west, pillowed on a hollowed chalk block. The top of the grave had been sheared off by the bulldozer so it was impossible to see from what level it had been dug. (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. |
