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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 161 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bastion |
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Summary
Bastion
| Grid Reference: | TR 1507 5823 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BASTION (BASTION, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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(TR 15075823) Site of semi-circular bastion built by Arch Sudbury c1381. (1-2) Tower No 15. Semicircular. One of six medieval towers between North Gate [TR 15 NE 160] and West Gate [TR 15 NW 155]. It is clearly marked on a map of 1825. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)
<1> Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36731.
<2> Hist of Kent 4 1799 66 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43984.
<3> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36842.
<4> Archaeologia 43 1871 154 note 6 (J Pilbrow) (OS Card Reference). SKE37318.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home). [Mapped feature: #43488 Bastion, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 4 1799 66 (E Hasted). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 23 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Archaeologia 43 1871 154 note 6 (J Pilbrow). |
