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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 586 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval cellars fronting onto St James Street, Dover. |
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Summary
An archaeological watching brief undertaken during construction of Dover Spine Main discovered post-medieval cellars (18/19th) fronting onto old St James St. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 320 413 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CELLAR (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
Full description
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"The pipe trench showed that there had been significant disruption to archaeological deposits in this area. This disturbance was caused by cellars of post medieval houses which had originally fronted onto St James Street. There was also disturbance by numerous recent service trenches. The archaeology was thus poorly preserved here. This important street of Medieval and post medieval Dover was largely demolished in the post war redevelopment of the town."(1,2)
Environmental assessment report on the Dover A20 sewer scheme (3)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, The Dover Spine Main: A Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE7159.
<2> RPS Clouston, 1997, Dover Western Docks Trunk Main Archaeological Report 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE7233.
<3> Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 1993, Dover A20 & sewer scheme environmental assessment report (Unpublished document). SKE31642.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. The Dover Spine Main: A Watching Brief. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1997. Dover Western Docks Trunk Main Archaeological Report 1997. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Institute of Archaeology, University College London. 1993. Dover A20 & sewer scheme environmental assessment report. |
