Monument record TR 15 NW 656 - Medieval Wall (Remains of Bridge), Greyfriars, Canterbury

Summary

A stretch of ragstone ashlar with some (inserted?) peg-tile and oyster galleting. The earliest phase of the wall provided a parapet to an underlying arch og the bridge over the Thuate. The bridge was probably constructed, on the basis of documentary evidence, to between 1267 - 1310. The bridge seems to have gone out of use some time after the 1640's possibly during the 18th century. The barrel-vault of the bridge was formed of a course of roughly squared blocks laid tangentially surmounted by another laid raidially. Four phases of repair were identified dating to the mid 16th, mid 18th/early 19th, late 19th and mid to late 20th centuries.

Location

Grid reference TR 14713 57907 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR15NW
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2000, Wall Fabric Recording Brief in the Grounds of St. Peter's Methodist Primary School, Canterbury (Unpublished document). SKE11974.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2000. Wall Fabric Recording Brief in the Grounds of St. Peter's Methodist Primary School, Canterbury.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Wall Fabric Recording Brief in the Grounds of St. Peter's Methodist Primary School, Canterbury (Ref: 2000/13) (EKE8213)

Record last edited

Nov 20 2003 3:07AM