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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1651
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval Tower 14, City wall between Queningate and Burgate

Summary

Medieval Tower 14 is one of four square towers (nos. 11-14) built by Prior Chillenden between Queningate and Northgate between 1391 and 1411 at a time of fears of a French invasion.


Grid Reference:TR 1516 5813
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • TOWER (Medieval - 1391 AD? to 1411 AD?)

Full description

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Medieval Tower 14 is one of four square towers (nos. 11-14) built by Prior Chillenden between Queningate and Northgate between 1391 and 1411 at a time of fears of a French invasion.


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

Elder, J. & Duncan, M., 2002, Canterbury City Wall Trail (Monograph). SKE29730.

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..
---Monograph: Elder, J. & Duncan, M.. 2002. Canterbury City Wall Trail.