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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1643 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Road between barrack blocks 24 and 25 (B41) of the CLBR fort II, located at the Battle of Britain Homes site, Dover. |
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Summary
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit a road was located, occupying the space between barrack block B24 and B25, in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. The surviving remains consisted of an area of gravel metalling 6.4m wide. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3188 4133 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROAD (Gravel metalled road (B41), 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 a road was located, occupying the space between barrack block B24 and B25, in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. The surviving remains consisted of an area of gravel metalling, 6.4m wide. Three clear layers of metalling are apparent though patchy (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 2875 | Part of: Barrack Blocks of the Classis Britannica Fort II (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover |
