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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1739 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of the western wall of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the Painted 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 10.5m section of the west wall which was uncovered during excavations at the Painted House site. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information).
| Grid Reference: | TR 31837 41460 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WALL (western wall of the shore fort, Roman - 240 AD to 330 AD)
Associated Finds
- ALTAR (Roman - 200 AD? to 270 AD?)
- STATUE (Roman - 200 AD? to 270 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 10.5m section of the west wall which was uncovered during excavations at the Painted House site.
The external face of the wall here was of tufa blocks and survived to a maximum height of 1.42m (nine courses) while the internal survived to 1.8m and its core was of coarse chalk blocks, flints and debris set in a hard mortar. It was built upon a set of broad foundations which were 3.05m wide and the remains of the earlier painted house mansio.
A limestone statue of male in a toga and a substantially complete stone altar were found built into the foundations of the wall. (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 100 | Part of: Site of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort (3rd-4th century), Dover (Monument) |
