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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 187 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Worth Gate |
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Summary
Town gate of Roman origin, mainly destroyed in the 18th century, partly incorporated into adjacent buildings
| Grid Reference: | TR 1455 5739 |
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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 1540 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KENT 23 |
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Full description
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[TR 14555739] Worthgate [NR] (Site of) [NAT]. (1) Regarded as of Roman origin, destroyed 1791. (2) 28 Castle Street. Grade II. Dated 1730, the building, originally the Old Kent Sessions House, incorporates part of the Roman Worthgate and City Wall. (3) The south-east side of Worth Gate, 15ft wide and the floor of a probable guard-chamber were discovered in 1961 when deep trenching for a gas-main along the south-east side of Castle Street. (4-5) In c1548 the Worth Gate was blocked, but traces of a Roman arch survive in Stukeley's drawing of c1724. In c1791 the gateway was re-opened but the old arch removed. (5)
<1> OS 1:2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48196.
<2> Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36731.
<3> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 52 (OS Card Reference). SKE40113.
<4> Arch Cant 83 1968 273-5 plan (F Jenkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE35776.
<5> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 56 plan illus plate 1a (SS Frere, S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36845.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 52. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 83 1968 273-5 plan (F Jenkins). [Mapped feature: #43755 Gate, ] |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 56 plan illus plate 1a (SS Frere, S Stow and P Bennett). |
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