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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1604
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chalk block drain (B91) of the CLBR fort II, located at the B.M.W. site, Dover

Summary

During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. Excavations in 1973-74, at the former site of the substantial Warren and Reynolds store, to the north of Queen Street, a chalk block drain (B91) was uncovered and traced for a total distance of 2.5m running east-west across the site. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).


Grid Reference:TR 31899 41359
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

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

Full description

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(Summarised from publication)

During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. Excavations in 1973-74, at the former site of the substantial Warren and Reynolds store, to the north of Queen Street, a chalk block drain (B91) was uncovered and traced for a total distance of 2.5m running east-west across the site.

The drain consisted of roughly squared chalk blocks, surviving to a height of 25cm (two courses), with a width of 22cm. it had been sealed with a mixture of large chalk blocks and greensand capstones. (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)