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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1415 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Roman amphora. Adrian Street/Last Lane, Dover. |
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Summary
During a number of investigations on war damaged sites in Dover in 1951-1952 a sherd of buff coloured Amphorae was uncovered near the Unitarian Church at the junction of Adrian Street with Last Lane. The surface of the vessel contains graffito which reads LLISTI (ES) (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3190 4128 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- AMPHORA (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Full description
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During a number of investigations on war damaged sites in Dover in 1951-1952 a sherd of buff coloured Amphorae was uncovered near the Unitarian Church at the junction of Adrian Street with Last Lane. The surface of the vessel contains graffito which reads LLISTI (ES). It is probably from a globular south Spanish vessel which could have been imported at any time in the first two centuries AD - probably the first half of the second century. Since the graffiti was scratched before firing it almost certainly indicates the producer of the vessel's contents i.e CALLISTVS. His stamps have been found at Rome, Corbridge, south Spain and Saalburg. Find is now in Dover Museum. (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. |
