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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1641 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Tower 8, (Zoar Chapel Tower) City Walls between St. George's Gate and Burgate |
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Summary
Medieval Tower 8 (Zoar Chapel Tower) is semicircular in shape and was built against the city wall in c. 1391 at a time when the City Walls, of Roman origin, were being substantially rebuilt. The tower, at a later date after the demoiltion of St. George's Gate to the south in 1801, was adapted to house a reservoir for the city's water supply.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1519 5767 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1391 AD? to 1801 AD?)
Full description
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Medieval Tower 8 (Zoar Chapel Tower) is semicircular in shape and has been built against the city wall, was constructed in c. 1391 at a time when the City Walls, of Roman origin, were being substantially rebuilt and repaired due to a threat of invasion by the French during the Hundred Years War. The tower, at a later date after the demoiltion of St. George's Gate to the south in 1801, was adapted to house a reservoir for the city's water supply. In 1845 Strict Baptists founded a chapel (Zoar Chapel) on the top of the tower, and remains and is used as such today.
Elder, J. & Duncan, M., 2002, Canterbury City Wall Trail (Monograph). SKE29730.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Elder, J. & Duncan, M.. 2002. Canterbury City Wall Trail. |
