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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1674 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Foundations of unfinished building (A6) associated with the CLBR fort I, Dover. |
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Summary
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. These include the remains of the unfinished CLBR fort, which are represented by a series of foundations apparent across the site underlying the roads and buildings of the main CLBR fort. These foundations were abandoned before their completion in around 117 A.D. when troops were sent north to deal with the northern revolts. Foundations of an early barrack block (A6) were located during excavations at the Car Park site on the north side of Queen Street in 1971. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31855 41368 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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(Summarised from publication)
During extensive rescue excavations undertaken across Dover’s Town centre by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, substantial remains of the Classis Britannica fort were uncovered and recorded. These include the remains of the unfinished CLBR fort, which are represented by a series of foundations apparent across the site underlying the roads and buildings of the main CLBR fort. These foundations were abandoned before their completion in around 117 A.D. when troops were sent north to deal with the northern revolts. Foundations of an early barrack block (A6) were located during excavations at the Car Park site on the north side of Queen Street in 1971.
The remains consisted of two short sections of rammed chalk foundations, these likely represent an unfinished barrack block. Little of the structure was revealed due to the heavy damaged caused by later activity at the site, but the surviving evidence revealed that the walls were 70cm wide and were the right distance apart to have created two rooms each about 3.7m wide. (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 2 | Part of: Classis Britannica Fort I and II, Roman 2nd century Fort, Dover (Monument) |
