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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1617 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of the north intervallum road (B37) of the CLBR fort, located at the Burial Ground 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 an area covering most of the disused burial ground of St. Martin-Le-Grand's church (Burial Ground site) were undertaken in 1970, during this, part of the north intervallum road was uncovered. Unlike the east and west roads, this northern road was placed 10m from the north wall of the fort between buildings B32 and B19. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31856 41394 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROAD (gravel metalled road, 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 an area covering most of the disused burial ground of St. Martin-Le-Grand's church (Burial Ground site) were undertaken in 1970, during this, part of the north intervallum road was uncovered. Unlike the east and west roads, this northern road was placed 10m from the north wall of the fort between buildings B32 and B19.
Only small sections of this road were encountered during the 1970 excavation and very little of the road metalling was seen. Small areas of metalling were encountered close to the south side of the excavation, these consisted of three layers of gravel metalling, each between 5cm and 15cm thick. (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) |
