Possible Pub Site Found in England

DOVER, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, a pit containing waste materials perhaps left behind by a pub was unearthed during an investigation conducted ahead of a construction project in southeastern England’s town and port of Dover. Artifacts recovered from the pit include clay pipes and Bellarmine jugs, a type of decorative German salt-glazed stoneware produced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. “We think because it was associated with smoking and drinking that a lot of the Bellarmine ware was brought over from Germany containing wine, so perhaps it was the backyard of a public house that was fronting onto Bench Street,” explained Ross Lane of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. To read about World War II–era Dover, go to "Off the Grid: Fan Bay Deep Shelter, Dover, England."