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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 269
Type of record:Monument
Name:M Walling

Summary

Medieval chantry: only a fragment of wall, much altered, survives


Grid Reference:TR 1495 5819
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WALL (WALL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1004197: Medieval wall of Black Prince's Chantry

Full description

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TR 148582 A short angle of Medieval wall in flint on chalk with later 17th - 20th century addition was originally part of the boundarywall of the Black Prince's Chantry. (1) (TR 14955817 sited from plan). Black Prince's Chantry land boundary wall. A 70m, 230ft, length of surviving late 14th century wall on the northern side of this precinct was stripped of vegetation and cleaned. It is in very poor condition, much of the face has gone and it is patched with later materials. The wall, now a scheduled ancientmonument, is to be conserved by Canterbury City Council. (2)

List entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Name: Medieval wall of Black Prince's Chantry

List entry Number: 1004197

Location


The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County District District Type Parish
Kent Canterbury District Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.

Date first scheduled: 15-Feb-1979

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System: RSM - OCN

UID: KE 337

Asset Groupings
This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.

List entry Description
Summary of Monument
Medieval wall of the Black Prince’s Chantry, 37m NNE of St Alphege Church Hall.



Reasons for Designation
Despite later repair work, the medieval wall of the Black Prince’s Chantry survives comparatively well. It provides valuable evidence of medieval masonry and construction techniques. The site will contain archaeological information relating to its construction and history.

History
See Details.

Details
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 8 September 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.

The monument includes a medieval wall surviving as upstanding and below-ground remains. It is situated on level ground between Mill Lane and Abbots Place, near the River Great Stour in Canterbury.

The wall which is approximately 70m long and 2m high, is built of flint on chalk but has later patching, some of brick. It was built in the 14th century and repaired between the 17th century and 20th century. The wall defines part of the area of Canterbury originally known as ‘Black Prince’s Chantry’.(3)


<1> DOE (IAM) Record Form 9.8.77 (OS Card Reference). SKE40751.

<2> CAT Ann Rep 8 1983-4 30 plan (P Blockley) (OS Card Reference). SKE38687.

<3> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) Record Form 9.8.77.
<2>OS Card Reference: CAT Ann Rep 8 1983-4 30 plan (P Blockley).
<3>XYIndex: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. [Mapped feature: #43812 Wall, ]