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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1706 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of the west wall of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, bath House site Dover |
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Summary
During a series of extensive rescue excavations, ahead of development in Dover’s town centre undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue unit a series of features relating to the late Roman Saxon Shore Fort were excavated and recorded. Long lengths of both the south and western defensive walls of the Shore fort were located at various sites during these excavations. This includes a section of the west wall of the fort which was uncovered during excavations of the Roman Military Bath House, which is situated less than 1m to the east of the wall. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31840 41435 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WALL (West wall of the Shore fort, Roman - 240 AD to 330 AD)
Full description
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(summarised from publication)
During a series of extensive rescue excavations, ahead of development in Dover’s town centre undertaken by Kent Archaeological Rescue unit a series of features relating to the late Roman Saxon Shore Fort were excavated and recorded. Long lengths of both the south and western defensive walls of the Shore fort were located at various sites during these excavations. This includes a section of the west wall of the fort which was uncovered during excavations of the Roman Military Bath House, which is situated less than 1m to the east of the wall.
Only the bottom course of the wall survived at this location to a maximum height of 10cm with a width of 2.5m. It had been constructed using chalk blocks in a hard white mortar for the core, tufa blocks for the external face and chalk blocks for the internal face. (1)
<1> Brian Philp, The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent (Monograph). SKE32061.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Brian Philp. The Discovery and Excavation of the Roman Shore Fort at Dover, Kent. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1741 | Part of: Section of the western defensive ditch and berm of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the painted house site, Dover (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 100 | Part of: Site of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort (3rd-4th century), Dover (Monument) |
