During an archaeological watching brief undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust on three small pits located within the outer bailey of Dover Castle a succession of chalk rubble and gritty loam deposits occupying the lower 0.60m of the stratified sequence appear to represent a succession of early road deposits, relating to the predecessor of the modern Knight’s Road. The latest of these surfaces is sealed by a substantial dump deposit which supports the modern road, seemingly raised to a higher level in order improve the gradient for vehicles. No useful dating evidence was recovered from the lower road deposits but the presence of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century brick fragments in the basal layer must indicate a later post-medieval date-range for them. - summarised from report (1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2013, Report on a watching brief in the Outer Bailey of Dover Castle (Unpublished document). SKE25087.