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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St Augustine'S Well |
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Summary
A strong natural spring and the traditional spot where St Augustine camped with his monks on reaching England in the spring of the year 597
| Grid Reference: | TR 3437 6394 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WELL (WELL, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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[TR 3437 6394] St Augustine's Well [NR] (1) St Augustine's Well is a strong natural spring. A small plaque to the E of it reads :- "St. Augustine's Well. This is the traditional spot where St.Augustine camped with his monks on reaching England in the spring of the year 597. A legend arose that water sprang up where St. Augustine planted his staff". (2)
<1> OS 6" 1960 (OS Card Reference). SKE48367.
<2> F1 ASP 27-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42321.
<3> Field report for monument TR 36 SW 10 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6275.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1960. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 27-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #65866 historical site, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 SW 10 - September, 1963. |
