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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1655 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chalk block drain (B85) 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 and traced for a distance of 8m running roughly southwards from the line of road B41 at the Battle of Britain Homes Site in 1971. What may have been another section of it was also located to the North West. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3189 4131 |
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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 and traced for a distance of 8m running roughly southwards from the line of road B41 at the Battle of Britain Homes Site in 1971. What may have been another section of it was also located to the north west. It consisted of chalk block sides and capstone and was 28cm wide and 27cm 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 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 |
