SUMMARY

During excavations undertaken for the Dover Western Dock Revival Scheme, Kent, UK, Archaeology South-East (ASE; UCL Institute of Archaeology) encountered substantial remains associated with the development of the port of Dover. Despite natural limitations, especially in the form of silting from the River Dour and longshore drift, Dover has historically been a strategic location in which to maintain a port. The remains presented here comprise a nationally significant waterfront revealed during the revival scheme; that is, the Tudor engineering commonly attributed to Sir Thomas Digges, overseen by the Privy Council and commissioned by Elizabeth I.

概括

在英国肯特郡多佛西部码头复兴计划的发掘过程中，东南考古学（ASE；伦敦大学学院考古研究所）发现了与多佛港发展相关的大量遗迹。尽管存在自然限制，特别是杜尔河淤积和沿岸漂流的影响，多佛在历史上一直是维持港口的战略位置。这里展示的遗迹包括在复兴计划中发现的具有全国重要意义的海滨；也就是说，都铎王朝的工程通常归功于托马斯·迪格斯爵士（Sir Thomas Digges），由枢密院监督并由伊丽莎白一世委托。