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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 195 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of the Medieval Cow Gate, Cowgate Hill, Dover. |
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Summary
Site of Cow Gate, part of the Medieval town wall/fortifications, situated on Cow Gate Hill, Dover (location accurate to nearest 10m based on the available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3182 4136 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (GATE, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Full description
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The possible site of Cow Gate, part of the Medieval defences of Dover, is noted by Batcheller as being at the eastern end of Durham/Cowgate Hill, to the west of York Street (1) The precise date of the construction/demolition of this gate is unknown but it appears to be present on a map by Thomas Miles dating to 1580 (2) and another by Thomas Digges dating to 1595, suggesting that it survived until at least this date. (3)
<1> W. Batcheller, 1836, The New Dover Guide, The New Dover Guide (W Batcheller) (Monograph). SKE31913.
<2> Thomas Miles, 1580, Proposal for Dover Harbour (Map). SKE31983.
<3> Thomas Digges, 1595, The state of Dover Haven with the New workes (Map). SKE31987.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: W. Batcheller. 1836. The New Dover Guide. The New Dover Guide (W Batcheller). |
| <2> | Map: Thomas Miles. 1580. Proposal for Dover Harbour. Photocopy. Unknown. |
| <3> | Map: Thomas Digges. 1595. The state of Dover Haven with the New workes. Unknown. Unknown. |
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