Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A series of post medieval features, mainly backfilled cellars and other walls which would have belonged to buildings that formerly fronted onto the south-eastern side of St. James' Street, were located during watching brief for Dover Spine Main in area 6. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information).

Monument Types

• CELLAR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• FLOOR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• WALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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A watching brief on trenches for a major new water pipeline for Dover. This is the second phase of works (there were three in total). Area 6 includes Russell Street car park. The trenching here revealed a series of post medieval cellars and walls which would have belonged to the buildings that once fronted onto the south-eastern side of St. James' Street. Some fragments of stratified archaeological deposits were observed adjacent to the cellar walls. Further to the northwest, a short length of stratified deposits were recorded in the trench at the entrance of the car park, at the junction with Maison Dieu Road. These consisted of a series of floors of possible post medieval date but no dating evidence was recovered. There was extensive disturbance at the car park entrance due to service trenches. (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, The Dover Spine Main: A Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE7159.

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