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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1741 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Section of the western defensive ditch and berm 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. The defensive ditch and associated berm were located in various locations (but mainly along the western side of the fort) close to the outside face of the fort walls. This includes part of the eastern side of the west ditch located at the painted house site (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31832 41455 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (western ditch 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. The defensive ditch and associated berm were located in various locations (but mainly along the western side of the fort) close to the outside face of the fort walls. This includes part of the eastern side of the west ditch located at the painted house site.
The excavation of this ditch in the later Roman period had cut away parts of rooms 5 and 6 of the mansio and the hypocausted room forming the southern end of the tufa block building. Its full width was not revealed due to its western edge lying outside the limits of excavation, but it had a minimum width of 4m. Its fill consisted of thin bands of loam, which probably accumulated naturally, and it was overlain by a series of Anglo Saxon deposits which were rich in material dating to the 6th-7th centuries. (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 1706 | Parent of: Section of the west wall of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, bath House site Dover (Monument) |
| TR 34 SW 100 | Part of: Site of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort (3rd-4th century), Dover (Monument) |
