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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1859 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Decorated stones from Dover Priory, Effingham Street, Dover |
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Summary
Two decorated corner stones from the chancel of St. Martins Priory were located during excavations on Effingham Street In 1936. It it understood that the majority of the remains of Church of St. Martins Priory is situated beneath Effingham and Saxon Street. The Stones are now in Dover Museum. (location accurate to the nearest 20m based on available information)
Grid Reference: | TR 3158 4153 |
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Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
Full description
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Two decorated corner stones from the chancel of St. Martins Priory were located during excavations on Effingham Street In 1936. It it understood that the majority of the remains of Church of St. Martins Priory is situated beneath Effingham and Saxon Street, and a record of the remains was made during the construction of the dwellings on these streets in the later 19th century.(1) The Stones are now in Dover Museum.(2)
<1> Rev. F. C. Plumptre, 1861, Archaeologia Cantiana: Some account of the remains of the Priory of St. Martins and the church of St. Martin-Le-Grand, at Dover. Vol 4 (Article in serial). SKE31811.
<2> Dover Museum, 2017, Dover Museum Accession Books (Collection). SKE32383.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Article in serial: Rev. F. C. Plumptre. 1861. Archaeologia Cantiana: Some account of the remains of the Priory of St. Martins and the church of St. Martin-Le-Grand, at Dover. Vol 4. Vol. 4 pp. 1-26. |
<2> | Collection: Dover Museum. 2017. Dover Museum Accession Books. |
Related records
TR 34 SW 22 | Part of: Remains of St Martin's Priory and 19th century Dover College (Monument) |