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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 100 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Whitecross Tower |
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Summary
Whitecross Tower
| Grid Reference: | TR 1469 5734 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (TOWER, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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(TR 14695734) Bastion [NR]. (1) Whitecross Tower. (2) Stands to its full height, although much restored. (3) Tower No 1. One of five medieval towers preserved between Worth Gate [TR 15 NW 187] and Riding Gate [TR 15 NW 141]. All are semicircular and open, contain gun ports but may not have been built uintil the late 15th century. The foundations of Whitecross Tower were examined in 1968. These were seen to comprise three offset courses of large chalk blocks set in yellow mortar and laid directly on the natural brickearth. (4)
<1> OS 1/2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48122.
<2> OS 25" 1907 (OS Card Reference). SKE48258.
<3> F1 FGA 27-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42991.
<4> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 72 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36843.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1907. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27-JAN-65. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 72 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett). [Mapped feature: #43673 Tower, ] |
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