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Dubris (Dover) Kent, England.
The Roman fort lies beneath the modern city in a valley between steep chalk hills,
close to the sea. The site was probably continuously occupied from the time of
the Roman invasion of A.D. 43. The nature of the 1st c. occupation is uncertain,
but in the 2d c. a fort was constructed to house a detachment of the Classis Britannica.
Part of the wall, a gate, and a series of internal buildings belonging to the
fort were discovered in 1970. At a later date, probably towards the end of the
3d c., the old structure was replaced by a more substantial fort of the Saxon
Shore series. Its extent is at present unknown but it must have enclosed an area
of over 2.4 ha. Traces of other buildings, as well as evidence of wharves and
jetties, have come to light from time to time. The finds are housed in the City
Museum.
On the E hill, within what is now Dover Castle, stand the remains
of a well-preserved Roman lighthouse. The structure is octagonal in plan outside
but rectangular inside. Originally it would have stood ca. 24 in high with the
outer face stepped back in eight stages, but only four Roman stages now remain.
It was built of flint rubble faced with limestone blocks and bonded with tile
courses. Its window openings and doors are well preserved. Fragments of another
lighthouse survive on the W heights on the far side of the valley.
B.W. Cunliffe, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Feb 2006 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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