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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 636 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Mid-Late Saxon (Early Medieval) Buildings Adelaide Place, Canterbury |
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Summary
During excavation work on the CB/R 5 site two mid-late Saxon structures were uncovered. The earliest, a building of posthole construction possibly set on the ground surface, was mostly outside of the excavtion site. The second, dating to around the 9th-10th century, was a cellared building of rectangular plan, about 5m x 3m between the walls of the former Roman portico of the temple precinct (TR 15 NW 110). It was surrounded by large load bearing posts supporting the main frame. In between were smaller vertical stakeholes perhaps for wattling.
| Grid Reference: | TR 14690 57663 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (Demolished, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 750 AD? to 1065 AD? (at some time))
- POST HOLE (Demolished, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 750 AD? to 1065 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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During excavation work on the CB/R 5 site two mid-late Saxon structures were uncovered. The earliest, a building of posthole construction possibly set on the ground surface, was mostly outside of the excavtion site. The second, dating to around the 9th-10th century, was a cellared building of rectangular plan, about 5m x 3m between the walls of the former Roman portico of the temple precinct (TR 15 NW 110). It was surrounded by large load bearing posts supporting the main frame. In between were smaller vertical stakeholes perhaps for wattling.(1-3)
<1> Bennett. P., 1982, Interim Report on Excavations in 1981 by CAT: 2. 68-69a Stour Street, Arch Cant 97 1981 279-281 plan (P Bennett) (Article in serial). SKE8281.
<2> Bennett. P, 1981, Research and Discoveries in Kent: Interim Report on Excavations in 1980 by CAT: 4. 68-69 Stour Street, Arch Cant 96 1980 406-410 plans (P Bennett) (Article in serial). SKE8280.
<3> Bennett, P., 1981, 69a Stour Street & Adelaide Place, CAT Annual Report 1980-81 (Article in serial). SKE8279.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Bennett. P.. 1982. Interim Report on Excavations in 1981 by CAT: 2. 68-69a Stour Street. XCVII p 279 - 281. Arch Cant 97 1981 279-281 plan (P Bennett). |
| <2> | Article in serial: Bennett. P. 1981. Research and Discoveries in Kent: Interim Report on Excavations in 1980 by CAT: 4. 68-69 Stour Street. XCVI p406-410. Arch Cant 96 1980 406-410 plans (P Bennett). |
| <3> | Article in serial: Bennett, P.. 1981. 69a Stour Street & Adelaide Place. 1980-1981 pages 8-10. CAT Annual Report 1980-81. |
