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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 157 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tower |
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Summary
One of four square defensive towers thought to have been constructed by Prior Chillenden at the time the stretch of city wall between Queningate and Northgate was rebuilt between 1390 and 1396. This length of wall formed part of the western boundary of the monastery circa 1492-1493.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1528 5799 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (TOWER, Medieval - 1390 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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[TR 15285799] Tower [NR]. (1) Built c1391-1411. (2) Complete and in good condition. (3) Tower No 12. One of four medieval square towers between Queningate [TR 15 NE 122] and North Gate [TR 15 NE 160]. Preserved. Built by Chillenden. (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48196.
<2> Arch Cant 45 1933 106 (GM Livett) (OS Card Reference). SKE35146.
<3> F1 FGA 27-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42991.
<4> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36842.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 45 1933 106 (GM Livett). [Mapped feature: #43483 Tower, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 27-JAN-65. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett). |
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