During excavations undertaken by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, ahead of the rebuilding of the Townwall Street filling Station, Dover, a complex series of stratified archaeological deposits were revealed representing activity at the site between the early Medieval period and later post medieval periods. Period 3 (c. 1550-1780) represents an increase in activity across the site, a series of buildings was constructed along Clarence Street (B47-51 and B53) with a cellared structure further to the south-east (B46). Most were probably domestic structures but at least one was industrial. Several phases of are evident, for example building 50 replaced building 47 and building 51 replaced building 42. All of these buildings lay immediately inland of the East Brook Water, which formed an early post medieval period but was substantially silted up and partially infilled by the 18th century. It is probable that buildings 46, 49, 50 and 53 were all demolished at about the same time in the later 18th century to make way for Clarence House and its gardens. (1)

<1> Keith Parfitt, Barry Corke and John Cotter, 2006, Townwall Street, Dover: Excavations 1996 (Monograph). SKE31840.