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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 141 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Riding Gate |
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Summary
Site of Riding Gate, demolished in 1790. It had Roman origins and was rebuilt in the Mediaeval period.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1498 5747 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (GATE, Roman to Post Medieval - 43 AD to 1790 AD)
Full description
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(TR 14985747) Riding Gate [NR] (Site of) [NAT]. (1) Excavations prove Riding Gate or Road Gate to have Roman origins. (2) Roman structural remains are known of the Riding Gate. It had one carriageway, a foot-passage and two flanking rectangular towers (see plan). Excavated 1953, 1954 and 1970. (3) Riding Gate was found to be of Roman origin during observations of drainage works in 1868 by James Pilbrow. It had two arches of typicalRoman form. The Book of Murage records frequent expenditure on the Gate in the 16th century. In 1560/1 a sum was paid for the "making of Redyngate" which had been ruinous. The Gate was strengthened in 1624-5. Removed in 1790. (4)
<1> OS 1/2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48122.
<2> F1 WCW 01-SEP-54 (OS Card Reference). SKE43044.
<3> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 19 43-51 plan (SS Frere S Stowe and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36840.
<4> Arch J 86 1929 270 272 277 278 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36706.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1/2500. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 WCW 01-SEP-54. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 19 43-51 plan (SS Frere S Stowe and P Bennett). |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1929 270 272 277 278 (G Home). [Mapped feature: #43715 gate, ] |
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