Monument record TR 15 NE 292 - The Great Court St Augustine's Abbey

Summary

Eleventh to 12th century courtyard at St Augustine's Abbey enlarged during the late 13th century when the main service buildings were relocated in an outer court to the north. Excavations have suggested that during the Roman period the area may have been used as a cemetery but by the middle Saxon to early medieval periods the area was used as an extra mural agricultural area. A large number of pits and gullies associated with industrial activity were also found pre-dating the laying of the outer court metalling

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Grid reference TR 1540 5779 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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(TR 15415780 - The Great Court. TR 15445787 - The Outer Court, St Augustine's Abbey - see illustration card for plan). The Great Court, St Augustine's Abbey, C11/C12, was enlarged in the late C13 and the main service buildings relocated in an outer court to the north. (1-4) A sequence of early C14 outer court metallings, medieval drains, early medieval pits, and Anglo-Saxon features were recorded during excavations, 1983-4, by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. The sequence of deposits and features exposed indicate that parts of the college grounds may have been occupied from the Middle Anglo- Saxon period onwards. Indeed, there is some evidence to suggest that a cemetery and extra-mural agricultural area existed here in the Roman period. (5-7)


<1> St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT leaflet Dec 1984 plan (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE49542.

<2> JBAA 40 1884 26 (J Orger) (OS Card Reference). SKE44975.

<3> Arch Cant 99 1983 250-251 (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36344.

<4> St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 11 13 (M Sparks) (OS Card Reference). SKE49564.

<5> Arch Cant 101 1984 294-5 (P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE34562.

<6> Arch Cant 103 1986 79-117 plans (P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE34641.

<7> Arch of Canterbury:An Assessment 1985 125 143 (G Andrews) (OS Card Reference). SKE36857.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT leaflet Dec 1984 plan (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: JBAA 40 1884 26 (J Orger).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 99 1983 250-251 (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey Eng Heritage Handbook 1988 11 13 (M Sparks).
  • <5>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 294-5 (P Bennett). [Mapped feature: #43568 Great court, ]
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 103 1986 79-117 plans (P Bennett).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury:An Assessment 1985 125 143 (G Andrews).

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2022 11:39AM