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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1574 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Room 13 (possible external tank) 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 rectangular structure was located in the north east corner of the courtyard area associated with the bath house, it was not fully excavated but it has been provisionally interpreted as a water tank. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31861 41434 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TANK (water tank, Roman - 155 AD to 190 AD)
- WALL (Walls of unknown function, Roman - 155 AD? to 190 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 rectangular structure was located in the north east corner of the courtyard area associated with the bath house, it was not fully excavated but it has been provisionally interpreted as a water tank.
The structure had been cut deep (1.55m) into the underlying natural deposits, it had vertical walls and a flat base, the minimum internal dimensions were 3.3m (N-S) by 5.74m (E-W) The walls were constructed of flints set in a hard white mortar with small pebbles, they were generally 44-48cm in thickness and survived largely intact on the north and east sides but had been robbed on the west and lay beyond the limits of excavation to the south. The structure had been filled with dumped soils and it was sealed by period two features thus dating it to the first period of the bath houses development. Two walls of unknown function were located near the north wall of this tank, these also date to the first period of development but are later than the original tank (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 86 | Part of: Roman (2nd - 4th century) Military Bath House, Dover. (Monument) |
