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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1620
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chalk block drain (B61) of the CLBR fort II, located at the Burial Ground 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 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, a small section of a drain (B61) was uncovered in the centre of the south side of the site. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TR 31848 41393
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 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, a small section of a drain (B61) was uncovered in the centre of the south side of the site.

The drain consisted of a single, large chalk block with its top surface hollowed out to create a trough. It was 70cm long by 38cm wide and 16cm 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 2Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument)