Summarised from report:

During an archaeological excavation undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust in the St James area of Dover, two 17th century chalk lines cess tanks were uncovered and would have been associated with the former site of a building fronting the north western side of Arthurs Place. These cess tanks were located close together and yielded an impressive collection of, pottery, clay tobacco pipes and other household rubbish including the semi articulated skeleton of a horse in the larger of the two tanks. The quality of the ceramics recovered, which included a number of foreign imports, suggests that the building to which these tanks were associated was the property of high status local residents. Perhaps significantly, the area lies very close to the site of the former St. James’s Parsonage house, originally a jettied building, perhaps of 16th century date. (1)

<1> Keith Parfitt, 2018, Dover St James redevelopment. Interim report on archaeological excavation 2018 (Unpublished document). SKE51627.