TR 15 NE 160 - Gateway - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TR 15 NE 160 - Gateway

Summary

A Roman road is known to have entered the city of Durovernum Cantiacorum at the Northgate and it is considered reasonable to assume that there was a Roman gate here that was later demolished. Saxon churches are recorded above Northgate where the 3rd century gate spanned the earlier Reculver Road. The chancel of St Mary Northgate remained above the gate until it was demolished in 1830 with the Northgate.

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Grid reference	TR 1510 5818 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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[TR 15115819] Gate [NR] (Site of) [NAT]. (1) 'Northgate' accepted as Roman. (2) Site of North Gate; destroyed 1925. A church of St Mary over the gate is mentioned in 1401. (3) As a Roman road enters the city at North Gate it is supposed that a Roman gate preceded the medieval North Gate. The church of St Mary Northgate probably originated as a Late Saxon Church immediately above the Roman north gate. (4-6)

<1> OS 1:2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48196.

<2> Roman Canterbury 1957 9 (S Frere) (OS Card Reference). SKE49328.

<3> Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36731.

<4> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 20 101 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36841.

<5> Lyle, M., 1994, English Heritage Book of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29788.

<6> Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P, 1982, Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury. (Monograph). SKE28530.

Sources/Archives (6)

<1> SKE48196 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500.
<2> SKE49328 OS Card Reference: Roman Canterbury 1957 9 (S Frere).
<3> SKE36731 OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home).
<4> SKE36841 OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 20 101 (SS Frere S Stow and P Bennett).
<5>XY SKE29788 Monograph: Lyle, M.. 1994. English Heritage Book of Canterbury. [Mapped feature: #43487 Gateway, ]
<6> SKE28530 Monograph: Frere, SS, Stow, S, and Bennett, P. 1982. Excavations on the Roman and Medieval Defences of Canterbury..