Monument record TR 34 SW 1204 - Metalled surface associated with barrack block 23 of the Classis Britannica fort II, Dover

Trench 14 lay just inside the east gate of the fort near the south west corner of Building 23, a barrack block and within the road B39 (numbers taken from Philp's analysis of the site during the 1970's)(1). A metalled surface, probably belonging to Philp’s phase 2 of the Cl. Br. occupation (c. AD 190-200 until 210) was identified in this area. The overlying stratification may have been truncated during the construction of the later Saxon Shore fort. The surface is typical of the open areas within the Cl. Br. Fort - Philp identified a complex sequence of metalled surfaces and chalk built drains running north-south along the same road. (2)

<1> Philp, B. J., 1981, The Excavation of the Roman Forts of the Classis Britannica at Dover 1970-1977 (Monograph). SKE7863.

<2> Wilkinson, D. R. P., 1995, Archaeologia Cantiana, Excavations on the White Cliffs Experience site, Dover, 1988-91. Vol. 114 (Article in serial). SKE31729.