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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1651 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk block drain (B81) 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 chalk block drain was located in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. 9m of the drain was traced running north-south about 2m east of a barrack block (B25). (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3188 4132 |
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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 a chalk block drain was located in 1971 at the Battle of Britain Homes site. 9m of the drain was traced running north-south about 2m east of a barrack block (B25). The drain had chalk block sides and capstones which gave it a width of 26cm and between 16cm and 30cm deep. A trench 10m to the north revealed a possible continuation of this drain giving an overall minimum length of 19m. (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 |
