Monument record TR 34 SW 1514 - Early post medieval cellar/ building (building 47 period 3) located off Townwall Street, Dover.
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3223 4144 (6m by 4m) From rectified plan |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
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). Building 47 consisted of a stone lined cellar, 0.65m deep, fronting on to Clarence Street at the north-west end of the Medieval plot H.
It had been cut down the face of earlier, Medieval boundary walls. It was roughly rectangular in plan, measuring internally 3.8-4m (NW-SE) by 4.62-5.16m (NE-SW). The walls are of large chalk blocks laid alternately with flint and greensand lumps, in a semi decorative arrangement and bonded with a pink white gritty mortar. Near the middle of the north-west wall were the remains of a doorway 0.8m wide, with two brick edged steps, cut through boundary wall to provide access to Clarence Street. Slight traces of a rammed chalk floor overlying an earlier, more extensive clay floor and sealed by a thin occupation layer. The cellar had been deliberately backfilled with soil and mortar rubble. (1)
<1> Keith Parfitt, Barry Corke and John Cotter, 2006, Townwall Street, Dover: Excavations 1996 (Monograph). SKE31840.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE31840 Monograph: Keith Parfitt, Barry Corke and John Cotter. 2006. Townwall Street, Dover: Excavations 1996.
Finds (7)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event Boundary: Excavations off Townwall Street, Dover. (EKE5693)
- Intrusive Event: Excavations off Townwall Street, Dover. (EKE15649)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2017 4:06PM