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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1642 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Tower 9, north of Burgate, City Walls |
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Summary
Medieval Tower 9, a round/semicircular shaped tower in plan with an open back, is situated to the north of the former Northgate. It was built by Prior Selling in 1472 at a time during the Hundred Years War with France when there was yet another threat of invasion of Sandwich and perhaps that of Canterbury too.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1526 5781 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWER (Medieval - 1401 AD to 1500 AD)
Full description
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Medieval Tower 9, a round/semicircular shaped tower in plan with an open back, is situated to the north of the former Northgate. It was built by Prior Selling in 1472 at a time during the Hundred Years War with France when there was yet another threat of invasion of Sandwich and perhaps that of Canterbury too.
Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P, 1982, Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury. (Monograph). SKE28530.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P. 1982. Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury.. |
