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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 SW 1632
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Chalk block drain (B59) of the CLBR fort II, located at the Cause is Altered 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 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, running north-east over the corner of the period two structure B20. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TR 31850 41390
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 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, running north-east over the corner of the period two structure B20. its position suggests that it formed part of the period three arrangements. (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)