Monument record TR 15 NW 187 - Worth Gate

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Town gate of Roman origin, mainly destroyed in the 18th century, partly incorporated into adjacent buildings

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Grid reference TR 1454 5739 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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[TR 14555739] Worthgate [NR] (Site of) [NAT]. (1) Regarded as of Roman origin, destroyed 1791. (2) 28 Castle Street. Grade II. Dated 1730, the building, originally the Old Kent Sessions House, incorporates part of the Roman Worthgate and City Wall. (3) The south-east side of Worth Gate, 15ft wide and the floor of a probable guard-chamber were discovered in 1961 when deep trenching for a gas-main along the south-east side of Castle Street. (4-5) In c1548 the Worth Gate was blocked, but traces of a Roman arch survive in Stukeley's drawing of c1724. In c1791 the gateway was re-opened but the old arch removed. (5)


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

<2> Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home) (OS Card Reference). SKE36731.

<3> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 52 (OS Card Reference). SKE40113.

<4> Arch Cant 83 1968 273-5 plan (F Jenkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE35776.

<5> Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 56 plan illus plate 1a (SS Frere, S Stow and P Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36845.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1930 243 270-8 (G Home).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 52.
  • <4>XY OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 83 1968 273-5 plan (F Jenkins). [Mapped feature: #43755 Gate, ]
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Arch of Canterbury 2 1982 56 plan illus plate 1a (SS Frere, S Stow and P Bennett).

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at the Worth Gate, 1961 (Ref: EI 15431) (EKE4284)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Worthgate (28 Castle Street), Canterbury, 1995 (Ref: CAT: 115) (EKE14091)
  • Intrusive Event: WORTH GATE, 1955 (Ref: EI 15430) (EKE4283)
  • Intrusive Event: WORTHGATE,28 CASTLE STREET (Ref: EI 36369) (EKE4572)

Record last edited

Jan 31 2022 2:20PM