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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 1753
Type of record:Monument
Name:Layer of alluvial mud (peat), Biggin Street, Dover

Summary

During excavations undertaken at the site of the Old Salem Chapel off Biggin Street Dover, a layer of black alluvial mud was recovered across the site between the natural brick earth and footings of the old chapel. The eastern side of this layer overly Roman Deposits. (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information)


Grid Reference:TR 31778 41648
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIED LAND SURFACE (Undated)

Full description

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During excavations undertaken at the site of the Old Salem Chapel off Biggin Street Dover, a layer of black alluvial mud was recovered across the site between the natural brick earth and footings of the old chapel. The north eastern side of this layer overly Roman Deposits. (location accurate to the nearest 5m based on available information) (1)


<1> Kent Archaeological Society, 1972, Archaeologia Cantiana: Investigations and excavations during the year. Vol. 87. (Article in serial). SKE31777.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Article in serial: Kent Archaeological Society. 1972. Archaeologia Cantiana: Investigations and excavations during the year. Vol. 87.. Vol. 87. pp. 227-242.