Dover's Maritime Heritage Mural - Townwall Street, Dover, Kent.
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A tiled Mural depicting Dover's Maritime Heritage in a pedestrian subway at Townwall Street, linking Cambridge Terrace and Bench Street, Dover, Kent.
Waymark Code: WMET6W
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/04/2012
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Between 1991 and 1993, a major new road, the A20 extension, was
constructed through Dover. At the same time, much of the town’s
Victorian Sewage system was replaced, cutting through most of the
maritime quarters of the old town. The new A20 dual carriageway
effectively cut the pedestrian route to and from the town and seafront
promenade, and so a deep pedestrian subway was planned.
Due to the disturbance of a very important archaeological site,
English Heritage funded an archaeological project to work alongside
the contractors from June 1991. On 28th September 1991 a team member
spotted a group of substantial timbers in the bottom of the deep pit
being dug for the pedestrian subway at the junction of Bench Street
and Townwall Street, some 6 metres below ground level. A rapid
inspection indicated that these timbers formed part of a boat;
moreover, its construction suggested that the vessel could be
prehistoric. Indeed, what had been unearthed was
Dover's
Bronze Age Boat dating from 1300BC, the World's oldest known sea
going boat.
A tiled mural in the A20 pedestrian subway at Townwall Street, Dover,
depicts Dover's important maritime heritage by displaying images of
various vessels from Roman Galley's to Hydrofoil craft, passing in
front of the famous White Cliffs of Dover.