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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1315 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Abbey Gateway, St. Augustine's Abbey |
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Summary
The Main Gate stands at the east end of Lady Woottons Green, and is known as Fyndon's Gate, or the great Gate of 14th century date.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1539 5783 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The Main Gate stands at the east end of Lady Woottons Green, and is known as Fyndon's Gate, or the great Gate of 14th century date. The small piece of walling highlighted on map-info here is actually part of the earlier 13th century Guest Hall, built perhaps at the same time as the Original Gate.
Tatton-Brown, T., 1985, Three Great Benedictine Houses in Kent: Their Buildings & Topography (Article in serial). SKE8094.
Sherlock, D. & Woods, B. A., 1988, St. Augustine's Abbey: Report on Excavations, 1960-78 (Monograph). SKE30287.
Roebuck, J., 2002, St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury (Monograph). SKE30293.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Sherlock, D. & Woods, B. A.. 1988. St. Augustine's Abbey: Report on Excavations, 1960-78. |
| --- | Monograph: Roebuck, J.. 2002. St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. |
| --- | Article in serial: Tatton-Brown, T.. 1985. Three Great Benedictine Houses in Kent: Their Buildings & Topography. Vol C pages 171 - 188. |
