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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1198 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Part of the Late Roman Saxon Shore Fort wall, Dover |
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Summary
Excavation in trench 12 during an evaluation undertaken by Oxford Archaeological Unit in Dover town centre in 1988-91, revealed part of the Saxon Shore Fort wall (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31931 41364 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WALL (Roman - 270 AD? to 330 AD?)
Full description
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Trench 12 revealed six courses of the Saxon Shore fort wall, but the foundations were not reached. The wall is 2.50m wide and uses well faced tufa blocks averaging 0.40-0.12m high by 0.18-0.30m long for the exterior (southern) face, large unshaped chalk blocks, flint nodules and very sparse small tufa fragments for the core, and shaped chalk blocks for the interior face. The coursing is continuous throughout the whole wall, the courses were made to an average height of 0.14m by a layer of mortar - this was course cream coloured and contained frequent large inclusions, including flint fragments and water rounded pebbles up to 0.02m in diameter. (1)
<1> Wilkinson, D. R. P., 1995, Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations on the White Cliffs Experience site, Dover, 1988-91. Vol. 114 (Article in serial). SKE31729.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Wilkinson, D. R. P.. 1995. Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations on the White Cliffs Experience site, Dover, 1988-91. Vol. 114. Vol. 114 pp. 51-148. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1742 | Part of: Projected line of the Roman Saxon Shore Fort walls and bastions, Dover. (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 100 | Part of: Site of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort (3rd-4th century), Dover (Monument) |
