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The Great Court
Hob Uid: 464632
Location : Kent Canterbury Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TR1544057870
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.
More information : (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)

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Source details : St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT leaflet Dec 1984 plan (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown)
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Source details : 1884 (J Orger)
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Source details : 1983 (M Sparks T Tatton-Brown)
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Source details : 1988 (M Sparks)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : 1984 (P Bennett)
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Source details : 1986 plans (P Bennett)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : 1985
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Cemetery
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : 8th to 9th century
Monument End Date : 899
Monument Start Date : 700
Monument Type : Pit, Findspot
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : After the C9 and before early C14
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 900
Monument Type : Pit, Industrial Site
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C14
Monument End Date : 1399
Monument Start Date : 1300
Monument Type : Courtyard
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Pit, Findspot
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : KE 49
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TR 15 NE 292
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Relationship type : General association

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