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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1631 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Chalk block drain (B58) 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 a chalk block drain, overlying the centre part of an earlier drain (B57) running east-west. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
Grid Reference: | TR 31848 41392 |
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Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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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 which was originally occupied by the Cause Is Altered Public House near Princes Street (Cause Is Altered Site) in 1971, revealed the remains of a chalk block drain, overlying the centre part of an earlier drain (B57) running east-west and probably corresponds to the period three arrangements. It had a pebble base and chalk block walls and measured 27cm wide by 31cm 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 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument) |