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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1568 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Room nine (cold room) of the Roman military bath house, Dover |
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Summary
During excavations undertaken in Dover town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, a Roman military bath house was excavated and recorded. A very small part of room 9 was located at the eastern end of the complex. The remains consisted of tufa blocks set in a white mortar and clearly represent part of the period one bath house. A conjectured layout suggests internal dimensions of 5.5m (N-S) by 3m (E-W). (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31873 41446 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WALL (Roman - 155 AD to 390 AD)
Full description
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(Summarised from publication)
During excavations undertaken in Dover town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, a Roman military bath house was excavated and recorded. A very small part of room 9 was located at the eastern end of the complex. The remains consisted of tufa blocks set in a white mortar and clearly represent part of the period one bath house. A conjectured layout suggests internal dimensions of 5.5m (N-S) by 3m (E-W). (1)
<1> Brian Philp, The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent (Monograph). SKE32061.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Brian Philp. The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1578 | Parent of: North- east drain of the Roman military bath house, Dover (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 86 | Part of: Roman (2nd - 4th century) Military Bath House, Dover. (Monument) |
