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Monument details

Summary

During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at The Grand Shaft Barracks in 2017 two areas of cobbled yard surface were uncovered at the north eastern side of the Barracks site. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• YARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1805 AD? to 1960 AD?)

Full description

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During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust at The Grand Shaft Barracks in 2017 two areas of cobbled yard surface were uncovered at the north eastern side of the Barracks site. The yard was well preserved and in some areas was only shallowly buried under a thin layer of soil and leaf litter. In detail the external yard surfacing revealed comprised two separate sections of cobbling formed of carefully laid granite setts and divided by an area of later, laid concrete with shallow grooves in its surface probably intended to assist with drainage. (summarised from report)(1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2018, Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE51431.

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