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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1354 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Areas of metalling and chalk block barrack walls associated with the CLBR fort II, York Street, Dover |
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Summary
A watching brief was undertaken on trenches for a major new water pipeline for Dover, part of which was located along York Street and cut both the Saxon Shore fort and the Classis Britannica Fort. A number of chalk block walls which are associated with the CLBR Fort II barracks, alongside metalled surfaces and occupation deposits associated with the Classis Britannica fort II, were located. (Location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 3186 4135 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARRACKS (chalk block barrack walls, Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- METALLED SURFACE (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- OCCUPATION LAYER (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
Full description
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A watching brief was undertaken on trenches for a major new water pipeline for Dover, part of which was located along York Street and cut both the Saxon Shore fort and the Classis Britannica Fort. A number of chalk block walls which are associated with the CLBR barracks, alongside metalled surfaces and occupation deposits associated with the Classis Britannica fort, were located. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, The Dover Spine Main: A Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE7159.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. The Dover Spine Main: A Watching Brief. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2875 | Part of: Barrack Blocks of the Classis Britannica Fort II (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover |
