Scheduled Monument: Saxon shore fort bastion, Queen Street (1004190)

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From the Register of Scheduled Monuments: Section of the Saxon Shore Fort standing some 15ft high. Visited by AM Board Committee who recommended that an area to E be scheduled as the site, may be a gateway. Length of the S wall of Dover Saxon Shore fort, with D shaped external bastion. The wall was 2.4m wide and survived to a height of 3.3m. The wall had an external face of tufa blocks, an internal face of chalk blocks and a mixed rubble core. The bastion, built mostly of brick and flint, had been added to the front of a wall as a secondary feature. Wall was backed by an earthen dump rampart, and fronted by a ditch. The fort is thought to have been built in late 3rd century AD. Reason for designation: This section of wall is very well preserved and stands within a sequence of archaeological deposits of Roman and post-Roman date, deposits waterlogged in their lower parts. Wall is part of of one of 10 British 'Saxon Shore' forts built in the late Roman period.

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  • Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments.

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Grid reference Centred TR 3192 4135 (18m by 5m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Oct 3 2011 4:40PM