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Monument details

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 large chalk block drain, which was traced for a distance of 3m east-west across the site. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)

Monument Types

• DRAIN (Chalk and Tufa 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 which was originally occupied by the Cause Is Altered Public House near Princes Street (Cause Is Altered Site) in 1971, revealed the remains of large chalk block drain, which was traced for a distance of 3m east-west across the site.

This was a major drain with very large side walls, 40-48cm wide, built of tufa and chalk blocks, which survived to a height of 67cm (five courses). Its bed was lined with gravel and was 40cm wide, no trace of a capstone survived. (1)

Philp, B. J., 1981, The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977 (Monograph). SKE7863.

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