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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1644 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Road between barrack blocks 26 and 27 (B42) 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 an area of metalling was located, occupying the space between barrack block B26 and the presumed location of B27, in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. This metalling probably represents a road running between these two buildings though its full width was not observed. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3186 4134 |
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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 (B42), 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 an area of metalling was located, occupying the space between barrack block B26 and the presumed location of B27, in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. This metalling probably represents a road running between these two buildings though its full width was not observed.
It is likely that the space between the two barrack blocks would have been in the region of 6m but its western limit lay beyond the limits of excavation and the total width cannot therefore, be ascertained. (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 |
