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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1597 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of the CLBR fort II defensive ditch and berm (B10) at Durham Hill |
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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 section of the northern ditch and berm was located during a small excavation on Durham Hill (Durham Hill north site) in 1971. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31815 41398 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BERM (Metalled berm, Roman - 125 AD to 210 AD)
- DITCH (north ditch, Roman - 125 AD to 210 AD)
Associated Finds
- MASK (Roman - 70 AD? to 222 AD?)
- SHERD (Roman - 70 AD? to 260 AD?)
- SHERD (Roman - 75 AD? to 190 AD)
- MORTARIUM (Roman - 90 AD to 150 AD)
- NEEDLE (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- TWEEZERS (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 section of the northern ditch and berm was located during a small excavation on Durham Hill (Durham Hill north site) in 1971.
The berm was 1.51m wide and topped with a pebble metalled surface about 5cm deep which abutted the forts northern wall. The ditch showed clear evidence of two phases, the first had been substantially destroyed by the second. The second ditch was a well defined V shape, 3.77m wide at its outer lips and 1.33m deep. It contained three main fills the middle of which contained large quantities of domestic rubbish and upper demolition debris. (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 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument) |
