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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1592
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chalk block drain (B48) of the CLBR fort II, located at Durham Hill, Dover

Summary

During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dovers Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, Substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. A chalk block drain was located between the west granary and a later barrack block, during a small excavation on Durham Hill (Durham Hill south site). (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TR 31811 41375
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • DRAIN (Chalk block drain, Roman - 125 AD to 210 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LAMP (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)

Full description

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(Summarised from publication)

During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dovers Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. A chalk block drain was located between the west granary and a later barrack block, during a small excavation on Durham Hill (Durham Hill south site).

The drain appears to have been cut in from a high level, in an area of pebble metalling representing the west intervallium road. It had a chalk block base, side walls built of either one large or two single courses of chalk blocks and a greensand capstone. 1.5m of the drain was traced running north-south across the site with a width of 21 to 27cm and depth of between 26 and 36cm. (1)


<1> Philp, B. J., 1981, The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977 (Monograph). SKE7863.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Philp, B. J.. 1981. The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977.

Related records

TR 34 SW 2Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument)