Monument record TR 34 SW 1801 - Two 11th-12th century pits located at the former site of the Post Office at Biggin Street, Dover.

Summary

Two 11th-12th century pits were located during an excavation at the former site of the Post Office at Biggin Street, Dover. One of the pits was a possible rubbish pit and contained pottery dating to the 11th-12th century. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3170 4159 (11m by 13m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

(summarised from source) Two 11th-12th century pits were located during an excavation at the former site of the Post Office at Biggin Street, Dover. The first was located in trench 9 and was a small pit, 0.23m deep, cutting both the natural and an earlier Roman pit at 5.067m OD. It was located in the NW corner of the trench with a visible radius of 0.5m and contained a silt clay fill which was devoid of any finds. The second was located in trench 11 and was a probable rubbish pit, 0.4m deep with an approximate radius of 1m. it was filled with a dark brown silt clay which contained four sherds of 11th-12th century pottery as well as animal bone and intrusive flints. The feature cut through a possible Saxon cultivation soil. (1)


<1> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1999, Excavations at the former Post Office, Biggin Street, Dover. Draft Publication Report. (Unpublished document). SKE7660.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1999. Excavations at the former Post Office, Biggin Street, Dover. Draft Publication Report..

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event Boundary: Biggin Street Post Office excavation, Dover 1999. (EKE15648)
  • Intrusive Event: Biggin Street Post Office excavation, Dover 1999. Trench 11 (EKE16035)
  • Intrusive Event: Biggin Street Post Office excavation, Dover 1999. Trench 9 (EKE16033)

Record last edited

Jun 12 2017 3:23PM