DOVER, a Cinque port and parliamentary
and municipal borough in the
E. of Kent, England, 66 miles E. S. E. of
London. It is the headquarters of the
Southeastern District of the British
army. The fortifications comprise Dover
Castle, which occupies a commanding
position on the chalk cliffs, 375 feet above
the level of the sea, and still includes
some of the old Saxon and Norman
work; Fort Burgoyne on the N. side of
the town, Archcliffe Fort to the W., and
the batteries on the Western Heights, where large barracks are situated. Dover holds a distinguished place in English history. Three submarine cables connect it with the Continent, and here an entrance was made to the proposed Channel Tunnel. Pop. (1919) 39,282.