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Dover Castle

Kent, England ยท Atlas EN3775

Dover Castle is a contour fort in Dover, Kent, England.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with an enclosed area of 6 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and an inland promontory and at 137 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes built-up land.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1019075).

Location

Atlas number
EN3775 (3775)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Kent
Historic county
Kent
Parish, community, or townland
Dover
National Grid reference
TR 32641 41807
Latitude
51.12820
Longitude
1.32355
Altitude
137 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
6 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1884)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1019075
HER
Kent MKE17899
National record
record TR 34 SW 99; monument 468006
Wikidata
Q950970

Sources

References

  1. Bayly E.H. 1962. Annual Report 1962: Activities around Dover, Archaeol Cantiana 77 xlviii
  2. Clark, G. T. 1884. Mediaeval Military Architecture, ii, 12.
  3. Colvin, H. M. 1959. An Iron-Age Hill-Fort at Dover? Antiquity, 33,125-127