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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1429 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Former site of Round Tower Lane, Dover |
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Summary
The former site of Round tower lane is apparent on early post medieval mapping on the eastern side of 'Paradise Pent', within Dover's historic Pier District. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3167 4039 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1641 AD? to 1938 AD?)
Full description
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The former site of Round tower lane is apparent on early post medieval mapping on the eastern side on 'Paradise Pent'. This would have been one of the main thoroughfares in Dover’s historic Pier District (which has today been mostly demolished and absorbed within the harbour works). William Eldred's map of this area, dating to 1641 (sheet 7/8), shows the lane (here labelled 'Rounde Tower Lane') bounded on both sides by buildings and curving around the north eastern side of 'Paradise Pent' (which was infilled in the later post medieval period). Its name likely derives from the round tower which was also situated on the north eastern side of Paradise Pent, just to the west of the lane. (1)
Further historic cartographic sources which depict the location of this street include another by Eldred dating to 1631 (2), by Foquet dating to 1737 (3) Hogben dating to 1769 (4)
The exact date of the construction and demolition of this street and its associated buildings is unknown but it is not present on mapping dating to the second half of the 20th century.
<1> William Eldred, 1641, The Platt of Dover Castle Towne and Harbor (Map). SKE31804.
<2> William Eldred (?), 1631, Plan of lands belonging to the Priory and now to Master Buffkyn (Map). SKE31988.
<3> J. Foquet, 1737, Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover (Map). SKE31991.
<4> Thomas and Henry Hogben, 1769, The topography and Mensuration of Dover Pier, Harbour, Houses and Lands from DHB (Map). SKE31992.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: William Eldred. 1641. The Platt of Dover Castle Towne and Harbor. |
| <2> | Map: William Eldred (?). 1631. Plan of lands belonging to the Priory and now to Master Buffkyn. Unknown. Unknown. |
| <3> | Map: J. Foquet. 1737. Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover. Unknown. 1:2400. |
| <4> | Map: Thomas and Henry Hogben. 1769. The topography and Mensuration of Dover Pier, Harbour, Houses and Lands from DHB. |
