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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 236 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Foundations of the former Market Hall (now Dover Museum), Market Square, Dover. |
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Summary
During rescue excavations undertaken by KARU in 1982 within an area now occupied by Dover Museum the foundations of the original post medieval Market Hall were located cutting earlier features of a Roman date (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3193 4137 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MARKET HALL (MARKET HALL, Post Medieval to Modern - 1846 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- Wall Foundation (Post Medieval to Modern - 1846 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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(TR 31964141)(Sited to locality only). Market Hall. A rescue excavation took place on the site of the market hall on the south side of Market Square in 1982. The market hall was built in 1845, severely damaged during the Second World War and partially rebuilt in 1947. a section of the foundations of the original Market hall were uncovered during excavations undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit at the site between 1982-1985. (1-2)
<1> Brian Philp, 1983, Kent Archaeological Review: Market Hall Excavation 1982. Vol. 71 (Article in serial). SKE31825.
<2> 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> | Article in serial: Brian Philp. 1983. Kent Archaeological Review: Market Hall Excavation 1982. Vol. 71. Vol 71 (spring 1983) pp. 10-11. |
| <2> | Monograph: Brian Philp. The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 695 | Part of: THE MARKET HALL, MARKET SQUARE, DOVER (Listed Building) |
