In October 1994 a narrow gas pipe trench was excavated at the south end of castle street, the trench cut through the vaulted roof of a small Medieval structure buried at a depth of 1m by Canterbury Archaeological Trust. The chamber was rectangular in shape and measure 2.20m by 1.45m. It had a barrel vaulted roof, some 0.5m high made from neatly shaped chalk blocks set in a cream gritty mortar typical of the type associated with Medieval Dover. The structure was clearly Medieval in date, Castle Street is a 19th century street and before its construction in 1836 the yard and stables of the Antwerp Hotel closed this side of Market Square. The present structure formed part of an even earlier building on the site, perhaps that shown on a map of the town of Dover in 1737 and may have been an annexe to a larger cellar or an undercroft to the west. Alternatively the structure may have been a garderobe shaft or cess tank. (1-4)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1995, Canterburys Archaeology, Kent Sites. 1994-1995 (Article in serial). SKE31649.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1998, Dover Town Centre Investment Zone: Archaeological Appraisal Stage 2 (Unpublished document). SKE6598.

<3> Paul Bennett, 1996, Archaeologia Cantiana: Interim report on work carried out by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust Vol. 116 (Article in serial). SKE31770.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994-1995, Canterbury’s Archaeology 1994–1995, Fieldwork III Kent sites (Article in serial). SKE32046.