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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1384 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Features and post medieval cess tanks. Bench Street, Dover |
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Summary
In 1974 a Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit excavation undertaken in an area formerly occupied by Centurian House, off Bench Street, Dover, revealed Post medieval cess tanks. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3201 4132 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (cess tank, Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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Excavations undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue unit in 1974, at the former site of Centurion House on Bench Street, Dover (in an area now occupied by a car park on the north eastern side of the street), uncovered a number of features and deposits of both a post medieval and Medieval date. The medieval features included a stone base of a possible riverside quay, road metalling, occupation deposits and rubbish pits. Post medieval cess tanks were also uncovered. (1-2)
No further information about the location or circumstances of this discovery is available.
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2 (Unpublished document). SKE6598.
<2> Brian Philp, 1980, List of sites excavated by KARU in the 1980's (Unpublished document). SKE31839.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1998. Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Brian Philp. 1980. List of sites excavated by KARU in the 1980's. |
