TR 34 SW 917 - Tunnel to the East Musketry Gallery, Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion

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Monument record TR 34 SW 917 - Tunnel to the East Musketry Gallery, Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion

Summary

Part of a brick built tunnel associated with the East Musketry Gallery of the North Centre Bastion at the Western Heights, Dover was observed and recorded when it partially collapsed in 2009, creating a hole in a playing field. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

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Grid reference	TR 31182 40826 (point)
Map sheet	TR34SW
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

TUNNEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1862 AD to 1945 AD?)

Full Description

A brick-built tunnel runs down, from what is now the playing field, to the East Musketry Gallery of the North Centre Bastion of Dover Western Heights. The tunnel is 1.54m wide and 2.59m high with a semi-circular vaulted roof. It had been whitewashed. Little remains of the above ground entrance.

In 2009 the entrance collapsed allowing a watching brief during repair works. The 19th century tunnel was blocked with a wall probably built shortly after the Second World War, when the above ground elements were demolished. A gap in this wall was re-blocked and the area buried again.(1)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion, Tunnel to East Musketry Gallery, Watching-brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE16272.

Sources/Archives (1)

<1>XY SKE16272 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2009. Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion, Tunnel to East Musketry Gallery, Watching-brief Report. [Mapped feature: #42785 tunnel entrance, ]

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Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1020298: FORTIFICATIONS, ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE AND MEDIEVAL CHAPEL ON WESTERN HEIGHTS

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: East musketry gallery/casemates and gun rooms at the North Centre Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument) (TR 34 SW 2070)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Event Boundary: Watching brief on the Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion tunnel to the East Musketry Gallery (Ref: DNCB-WB-09) (EKE10573)
Intrusive Event: Watching brief on the Dover Western Heights North Centre Bastion tunnel to the East Musketry Gallery (Ref: DNCB-WB-09) (EKE18025)

Record last edited

Mar 13 2019 10:41AM