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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1137
Type of record:Monument
Name:Earlier 19th century cobbled surface leading to the Grand Shaft entrance courtyard on Snargate Street, Dover

Summary

Between the Grand Shaft entrance courtyard and Snargate Street a portion of the original cobbled surface remains. This dates to the original phase of construction of this entrance courtyard after about 1807 (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information).

Grid Reference:TR 31668 40882
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • COBBLED ROAD (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1807 AD?)

Full description

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The Grand Shaft, which was designed to connect the fortress on the Western Heights with the harbour, may be accessed at the bottom of the cliffs off Snargate Street via an entrance courtyard. When first constructed (after c.1807) this courtyard would have originally consisted of a boundary wall, gate and guard house. Aside from some areas of walling, few of the original features associated with the first period of this entrance courtyard survive.

Beyond the boundary walls of the courtyard, adjacent to the street an 8 m stretch of original stone cobble paving survives consisting of rectangular granite setts. This is generally well preserved. (1)


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1993, The Dover Grand Shaft Project: Report on Archaeological Work at the Snargate Street Entrance (Unpublished document). SKE6833.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1995-1996, Canterbury’s Archaeology 1995–1996, Fieldwork: III Kent Sites (Article in serial). SKE32047.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1993. The Dover Grand Shaft Project: Report on Archaeological Work at the Snargate Street Entrance.
<2>Article in serial: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1995-1996. Canterbury’s Archaeology 1995–1996, Fieldwork: III Kent Sites. 1995-1996, III Kent sites.