Monument record TR 15 NE 1053 - Medieval remains found under Tradescant Lane and Monastrey Street

Summary

Tradescant Lane/Monastry Street - Outer precinct boundary wall. Broughton House/Monastry Street - Medieval masonary wall. Post-medieval drain and potential walls. No finds were retrieved for this site.

Location

Grid reference TR 1537 5785 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

Tradescant Lane/Monastrey Street - Outer precinct boundary wall. The south-west face of a wall segment located at the junction of Monastery Street and Tradescant Lane.The exposed segment measured 1.92m long and was alligned north-east to south-west. Only the upper 0.18m of the wall was exposed, which had been utilised as the footing for the existinf post-medieval flint and brick-built wall. Late Medieval wall. A second wall segment located below Tradescant Lane. Appeared to be on a north-west to south-east allignment but was truncated along its west side by modern disturbances. No dating evidence recovered from wall segment but a late medieval date is indicated by wall fabric. Tradescant Lane is believed to follow a historic allignment separating the abby buildings to the south from the later outer service courth to the north, if so then the wall appears to extend from this boundary, north-west towards the cellarers range and is probably early fourteenth century or later in date. Post-dating the establishment of the outer court.Metalled surfaces consisting of compacted flint gravels were identified in a number of localities along Tradescant Lane. No dating evidence was recovered from these surfaces. However the surfaces identified as WB19 and WB 31 are almost certainly of late medieval date. Post-medieval cultivated subsoils. A series of silty and sandy loam subsoils were recorded along Monastery Street, post-medieval in date and represent garden and horticultural land use between Lady Wootton's Green and Havelock Street prior to the northern extension of Monastery Street in the mid-twentieth century. Late post-medieval brick wall foundation was identified below Monastery Street below existing ground surface. The wall measured 0.35m thick, with a surviving standing height of 0.28m. A concrete and brick floor base abutted the south-east faceof the upper course at a depth of 0.15m below existing ground surface. The structure is potentially one part of a group of buildings illustrated on the first addition OS map of 1874 abutting the western face of the former precinct boundary wall.
Broughton House/Monastry Street - Medieval masonary wall. Part of a north-east to south-west aligned wall. Located 14m west of the supposed abby precinct boundary and immediately opposite the suspected site of the original western precinct gate. Perhaps represents an adjacent structure abutting the precinct wall.
Post-medieval drain appears to be a continuation of brick-vaulted drain identified previously (Pratt,2005).
Two potential walls - the Caen stone, chalk, flint and brick wall may represent a structure situated in front of Broughton House.
No finds were retrieved for this site. (1)


<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2009, Archaeological watching brief and recording brief at The King's School, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury: Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE16012.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2009. Archaeological watching brief and recording brief at The King's School, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury: Assessment Report.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Watching and recording brief at The King's School St Augustine's Abbey Canterbury (EKE10371)

Record last edited

Mar 30 2010 11:22AM