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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 NW 126
Type of record:Monument
Name:Sandwich town wall: canterbury gate

Summary

Town gate, demolished circa 1792


Grid Reference:TR 3267 5853
Map Sheet:TR35NW
Parish:SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • GATE (GATE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument KENT 57

Full description

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(TR 32675853) Canterbury Gate (NR) Site of (NAT). (1) TR 325585-326580. Sandwich Town Walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate. Scheduled No 57. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF110907 The Sandwich Proje ME001517 Annotated plan with six profiles showing the castle and the standing and destroyed parts of the town wall The plan also shows the position of the river Stour and two streams running along the south west side of the wall. The sites of three churches and the kings castle are also shown


<1> OS 25" 1956 (OS Card Reference). SKE48271.

<2> English Heritage SAMs Kent 31.12.87 10 (OS Card Reference). SKE41634.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1956.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: English Heritage SAMs Kent 31.12.87 10. [Mapped feature: #58109 Wall, ]

Related records

TR 35 NW 15Part of: Sandwich Town Wall (Monument)