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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 304 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Reredorter, St Augustine's Abbey |
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Summary
Reredorter or common latrine at St Augustine's Abbey, constructed after 1099. No part of this building is visible today. William Stukely shows fragments of its lower walls in a drawing of 1722. Its dimensions are given in documentary sources as 193 feet long by 24 feet wide.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1553 5784 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PRIVY HOUSE (LATRINE, Medieval - 1099 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1016844: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY |
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Full description
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The reredorter or common latrine of St Augustine's Abbey was a vast building, 193 x 24ft, standing at right angles to the north end of the dormitory. No remains of it have yet been found. (1) Reredorter, built c1099-1124. (2) (TR 15535784 - conjectural plan). (3)
<1> St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 21 (A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE49557.
<2> Arch Cant 100 1984 180 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE34524.
<3> St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT Leaflet Dec 1984 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE49541.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 21 (A Clapham). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 100 1984 180 (T Tatton-Brown). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT Leaflet Dec 1984 (T Tatton-Brown). |
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