Exploring Kent's Past

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

Summary

Burgate was rebuilt during c. 1475, and according to the obituary of Prior Selling, the wall between the Church of St. Michael and the old wall enclosing the garden of the monks between the Queningate and Burgate, was built between 1472 and 1494. The old Roman Gate of Queningate had also been blocked and a new postern built a little to the south.

Monument Types

• TOWER (Medieval to Unknown - 1472 AD?)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Much of the city defensive walls were largely rebuilt or extnesively repaired between 1380 - 1390's due to a possible threat of a French invasion during the Hundred Years War with France. A second period of work took place at the end of the fifteenth century. Burgate was rebuilt during c. 1475, and according to the obituary of Prior Selling, the wall between the Church of St. michael and the old wall enclosing the garden of the monks, I.ei. Between the Queningate and Burgate, was built between 1472 and1494. The old Roman Gate of Queningate had also been blocked and a new postern built a little to the south and at a higher level by the fifteenth century.

Gardiner, D., 1935, General Committee Meeting, July 26, 1935 (Unpublished document). SKE30272.

Gardiner, D., 1935, St Michael's, Canterbury (Article in serial). SKE30271.

Gardiner, D., 1940, Report of the Canterbury Archaeological Society, 1938 and 1939 (Serial). SKE30386.

Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P, 1982, Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury. (Monograph). SKE28530.

Sources and further reading