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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 242 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Longport Bar |
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Summary
Longport Bar
| Grid Reference: | TR 1558 5766 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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(TR 15585766. Sited from CAT Topo map). Longport Bar. (1) There is evidence for a bar or obstruction in the late 13th century at a point called 'Bordiche' in Longport, quarter mile from Burgate 'between the belltower and the Barton'. It was stated that this bar was in use 'tempore werre', a valuable indication of the purpose of the bars, otherwise unexplained. They must have been part of a scheme of outer defence for Canterbury. (2)
<1> CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200 (OS Card Reference). SKE38737.
<2> Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 196 (W Urry) (OS Card Reference). SKE38519.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 196 (W Urry). [Mapped feature: #43519 Town gate, ] |
