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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1448 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pits. Junction of St Radigunds and Church Lane, Northgate |
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Summary
A number of Saxon pits cut into the back of the rampart and after being infilled in the late Saxon period the back of the rampart was cut into by an intra-mural street. Several layers of metalling were found, possibly extending into the Early Norman period. Five coffined burials were cut into the street metalling and were probably associated with St Mary Northgate Church.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1506 5821 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 501 AD? to 800 AD?)
Full description
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A number of Saxon pits cut into the back of the rampart and after being infilled in the late Saxon period the back of the rampart was cut into by an intra-mural street. Several layers of metalling were found, possibly extending into the Early Norman period. Five coffined burials were cut into the street metalling and were probably associated with St Mary Northgate Church.
Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P, 1982, Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury. (Monograph). SKE28530.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P. 1982. Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury.. |
