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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1623 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of a major road; Via Principalis (B36) of the CLBR fort II, located at the Cause is Altered 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 which was originally occupied by the Cause Is Altered Public House near Princes Street (Cause Is Altered Site) in 1971, revealed the remains of main road running through the centre of the fort; the Via Principalis, which was located immediately to the east of the east granary. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31834 41378 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROAD (Pebble metalled road, Roman - 125 AD to 210 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 103 AD to 111 AD)
- SHERD (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 which was originally occupied by the Cause Is Altered Public House near Princes Street (Cause Is Altered Site) in 1971, revealed the remains of main road running through the centre of the fort; the Via Principalis, which was located immediately to the east of the east granary.
Much of the road had been destroyed by the large ditch associated with the late Roman Saxon Shore Fort. It is however, likely that it would have once occupied the entire space between the east granary and structure B19, giving a total width of approximately 7m. The road consisted of at least two layers of pebble metalling which probably reflect the two main construction periods evidenced in the other buildings at the site. (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) |
