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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 226
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cloister at St Augustine's Abbey

Summary

The cloister at St Augustine's Abbey was excavated in 1928-30 by RU Potts.


Grid Reference:TR 1545 5784
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • CLOISTER (CLOISTER, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1006 AD to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1016844: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY

Full description

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[TR 15455784] Cloister [NAT]. (1) The cloister at St Augustine's Abbey was excavated in 1928-30 by RU Potts. Three successive layouts were revealed; Remains of an early cloister dating from c978 lay within the area of a cloister of c1050, which was rebuilt on exactly the same lines in 1276. (2) Additional references. (3-4) It is reported that Abbot Aelfmaer (1006-17) built a cloister at St Augustine's, of which foundations were discovered during excavation. The cloister was enlarged during the Norman period and much rebuilt by Abbot Thorne in 1276. (See illustration card for plan). (5)


<1> OS 1/500 1874 (OS Card Reference). SKE48131.

<2> Arch Cant 46 1934 181-2 191-4 plan (R Potts A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE35175.

<3> St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 14 20-22 (A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE49552.

<4> Arch Cant 100 1984 180 181 336 341 343 (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE34525.

<5> St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 6 11 26-29 (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE49579.

<6> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1/500 1874.
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 46 1934 181-2 191-4 plan (R Potts A Clapham).
<3>OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 14 20-22 (A Clapham).
<4>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 100 1984 180 181 336 341 343 (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown).
<5>OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 6 11 26-29 (M Sparks).
<6>XYScheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #43502 Cloister, ]

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TR 15 NE 124Part of: St Augustine's Abbey (Monument)