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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1661 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval features cutting the underlying Roman deposits of the CLBR fort II, during the town centre excavations, Dover. |
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Summary
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit a series of Medieval features including pits, wells, shafts, boundary walls, tanks, graves and the foundations of former buildings were all located cutting the earlier, underlying Roman deposits of the CLBR fort, Roman Saxon Shore Fort, Roman Military Bath house. Roman Mansio and Saxon churches and Grubenhauses. All of the sites which were investigated as part of the large scale town centre recue excavations which were undertaken in the 1970's and 1980's by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, encountered at least one Medieval feature. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31876 41342 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (Boundary walls, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD)
- CELLAR (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- CISTERN (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds
- INTAGLIO (Roman - 100 AD? to 200 AD?)
- DISC (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- MOUNT (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- RING (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- STUD (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
- WEIGHT (Roman - 125 AD? to 210 AD?)
Full description
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During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit a series of Medieval features including pits, wells, shafts, boundary walls, tanks, graves and the foundations of former buildings were all located cutting the earlier, underlying Roman deposits of the CLBR fort. All of the sites which were investigated as part of the large scale town centre rescue excavations which were undertaken in the 1970's and 1980's by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, encountered at least one Medieval feature. (1)
No further information about the date or function of these features is available, the Medieval features and finds uncovered during these works still await publication.
<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. |
