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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 SW 1610
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Chalk block drains (B69 and B71) of the CLBR fort I, located at the Warehouse South 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 on the Warehouse South site, revealed a number of chalk block drains cutting metalled road surfaces. Drains B69 and B71 were traced for about 1m running north-south across the centre of the site, both were gutter like drains cut from a single large chalk block. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).

Grid Reference:	TR 31880 41372
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 on the Warehouse South site, revealed a number of chalk block drains cutting metalled road surfaces. Drains B69 and B71 were traced for about 1m running north-south across the centre of the site, both were gutter like drains cut from a single large chalk block. (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)