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Monument details

Summary

During an archaeological evaluation carried out in 2009 at the site of 1-7 Cowgate Hill, cellars relating to, but also pre-dating, the construction of 1-7 Cowgate Hill were found beneath the floors of No. 5. These may relate to the Town Porter's Lodge described in the 1861 census. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)

Monument Types

• CELLAR (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1080 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• WALL (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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During an archaeological evaluation carried out in 2009 at the site of 1-7 Cowgate Hill, cellars relating to, but also pre-dating, the construction of 1-7 Cowgate were found beneath the floors of No. 5 Cowgate. These may relate to the Town Porter's Lodge described in the 1861 census. The two walls joined at a right angle to form the north-west corner of a structure measuring internally at least 1.70 m. (N-S) by 0.50 m. (E-W). Its floor seems to have lain at about 0.87 m. below the present floor-level but no obvious surfacing was noted. As surviving, the cellar walls stood to a maximum height of 0.40 m. above cellar floor level, set on a foundation that extended below this level. On the north side, wall 203 was provided with a much more substantial foundation than wall 204, perhaps suggesting that these walls were not of a single build. The walls were set in a larger construction pit, which had cut through all the preceding post-medieval and Roman deposits. (taken from source)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Report on Evaluation Trenching off Cowgate Hill, Dover (Unpublished document). SKE18028.

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