A20 road and sewer scheme; this project consisted of a major archaeological watching brief and excavation programme, conducted across an extensive part of the maritime and water-front areas of this important historic town, ahead of major road construction and sewer trenching, between the summer of 1991 and the spring of 1993. There were 21 areas of archaeological investigation: the 8th was the Railway Bridge over railway at eastern end of Limekiln Street, adjacent to old Strond Street. An extended watching brief and palaeo-environmental sampling was undertaken ahead of bridge building. The features uncovered include the foundations of 19th century Holy Trinity Church, possible 19th century lime-kilns predating the church, 18th century clay pipe-manufacturing debris found in a pit, a post-medieval cellar walls and a well. The finds recovered include post-medieval pottery, glass and a large sample of clay-pipes. (1)

Limekilns are located on a number of cartographic sources from the early post medieval period onwards suggesting that these 19th century examples were replacements of earlier kilns. These sources include that by Thomas Digges dating to 1595 (2) William Eldred dating to 1641 (3) Foquet dating to 1737 (4)

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, Dover Sewers/A20 Project 1991–3, Assessment Report and Updated Project Design (Unpublished document). SKE31815.

<2> Thomas Digges, 1595, The state of Dover Haven with the New workes (Map). SKE31987.

<3> William Eldred, 1641, The Platt of Dover Castle Towne and Harbor (Map). SKE31804.

<4> J. Foquet, 1737, Plan of the town, harbour and fortifications of Dover (Map). SKE31991.