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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1609 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk block drain (B74) of the CLBR fort II, located at the Warehouse South site, Dover |
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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 on the Warehouse South site, revealed a number of drains chalk block drains cutting metalled road surfaces. B74 was a gutter like drain cut from a single large chalk block. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31880 41368 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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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 (B93) was uncovered and traced for a total distance of 0.5m running roughly north-east by south-west, towards the harbour.
The drain had been badly damaged and none of its capstones had survived, what remains consisted of a single course of chalk blocks on each side of a channel 20cm wide and 12cm high. (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) |
