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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 293 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Remains of building, probably part of the Anglo-Saxon monastery |
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Summary
Excavations have located the foundations of a rectangular building which lie under and diagonally across the remains of the 12th and 13th century fraters. It is probably part of the earlier Anglo-Saxon monastery but precise dating is not possible.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1547 5781 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (BUILDING, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 700 AD to 1065 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1016844: ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY |
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Full description
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A rectangular building, the foundations of which lie under and diagonally across the remains of the C12 and C13 fraters (TR 15 NE 270) was discovered during excavations in 1927. It is probably part of the Anglo-Saxon monastery. (1-2) (See illustration card for plan - NGR correlated TR 15475781). (3)
<1> Arch Cant 46 1934 181 191 (RU Potts) (OS Card Reference). SKE35174.
<2> St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 14 20-22 (A Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE49552.
<3> Md Arch 22 1978 26 plan (A Saunders) (OS Card Reference). SKE46620.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 46 1934 181 191 (RU Potts). [Mapped feature: #43570 Building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey DOE Handbook 1955 14 20-22 (A Clapham). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Md Arch 22 1978 26 plan (A Saunders). |
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