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Monument details

Summary

During an archaeological evaluation carried out by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2009 at the site of 1-7 Cowgate Hill, a post medieval yard surface consisting of a rough pebble matalling was located within the footprint No. 1 Cowgate Hill. The yard surface was cut by two substantial post holes. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Monument Types

• YARD (pebble metalled yard surface, Post Medieval - 1775 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• POST HOLE (2 deep post holes, Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Associated Finds

• BRICK (Post Medieval - 1775 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• TILE (Post Medieval - 1775 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• ROOF SLATE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)
• SHERD (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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During an archaeological evaluation carried out by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 2009 at the site of 1-7 Cowgate Hill, a post medieval yard surface consisting of a rough pebble matalling was located within the footprint No. 1 Cowgate Hill, in trenches 4 and 5. The surface contained occasional post-medieval brick and tile fragments and fairly certainly dates to the late eighteenth or nineteenth century. It probably related to similar surfacings recorded in Trench 3 and Trench 5. Two substantial post-holes were located in roughly the centre of the trench, both more than 0.40 m deep and their fillings produced a few fragments of pottery, glass and Welsh slate, indicating a nineteenth century date. They may relate to a timber structure that once stood across this yard area. (taken from source) (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Report on Evaluation Trenching off Cowgate Hill, Dover (Unpublished document). SKE18028.

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