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Monument details

Summary

During work associated with the construction of a new road at the western end of Adrian Street in 1938, Roman pottery, human bones and a possible Roman burial shaft was uncovered. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information)

Monument Types

• HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• SHAFT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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(taken from source) Work on the Adrian Street Clearance Area opened up in the bank of a new road along Pilot Meadow, a curious rectangular structure built of chalk and rolled flints, set at the top and faced up in pink mortar, but lower down built with mortar of a brownish colour. When cleared out under the supervision of the Borough Engineer, it was revealed as a pit 37 inches square. It was excavated to a depth of 1 foot below the road trench and then showed 4 feet of walling, but bottom was not reached. The filling included nothing datable, but a piece of Hythe Stone showed signs of fire. Mr. Amos queries was it a Roman burial shaft and perhaps similar to a timber-lined one at Bekesbourne. The pottery and bone was donated to Dover Museum where it is located still.(1-2)

<1> Mr E. G. J. Amos, 1938, Archaeologia Cantiana: Reports: Archaeology in Kent, 1938. Vol. 50 (Article in serial). SKE31821.

<2> Dover Museum, 2017, Dover Museum Accession Books (Collection). SKE32383.

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