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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1544 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saxon structure (N8) uncovered during excavation in Dover Town centre, 1983 |
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Summary
A Saxon structure was located directly overlying two earlier Saxon deposits, structures (N6 and N7) and the Roman building, to the north west of Market Street Dover. Little of the structural detail of the building is apparent but it consists of an extensive area of layered burnt soil and clay. A pit containing a large pottery vessel was found in association with the uppermost of these burnt layers. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31870 41466 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- NEEDLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PITCHER (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1000 AD?)
- POT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD to 699 AD)
- SHERD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 450 AD to 1050 AD)
- BOTTLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD to 699 AD)
- PIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 600 AD to 699 AD)
- SHERD (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1299 AD)
Full description
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(Summarised from publication)
A Saxon structure was located directly overlying two earlier Saxon deposits, structures (N6 and N7) and the Roman building, to the north west of Market Street Dover. Little of the structural detail of the building is apparent but it consists of an extensive area of layered burnt soil and clay. A pit containing a large pottery vessel was found in association with the uppermost of these burnt layers.
These layers were largely devoid of finds and the main dating evidence came from the soils above and below them, which contained lots of residual Roman material but also some Anglo Saxon/Norman examples and some dating to the 11th to 12th centuries. (1)
<1> Brian Philp., 2003, The Discovery and Excavation of Anglo Saxon Dover (Monograph). SKE31831.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Brian Philp.. 2003. The Discovery and Excavation of Anglo Saxon Dover. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 147 | Part of: Anglo Saxon town and port of Dover. (Monument) |
