During observations made by Archaeology South East for shoring the deep navigation cut being built to link the Wellington Dock section of Dover Harbour to the existing outer harbour, a North-South timber structure was revealed. This structure comprised oak piles mostly made by quartering minimally trimmed oak logs, the tips were neatly axe hewn to shape and they were 1.5-2.2m long. The top of this close set line of piles was very level and probably original, though they had been heavily eroded. On the seaward eastern face of the piles a single course of a waling beam was revealed, this was of large box halved oak sections fastened with substantial oak treenails. These beams had redundant oak treenails in at odd angles indicating a previous use in either large ships or previous harbour works. (summarised from source) (1)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2017, Dover Western Docks Revival; Navigation Cut, Timber Revetments Interim Report (Draft) (Unpublished document). SKE32362.