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Monument Number 464642
Hob Uid: 464642
Location : Kent Canterbury Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TR1553057840
Summary : Reredorter or common latrine at St Augustine's Abbey, constructed after 1099. No part of this building is visible today. William Stukely shows fragments of its lower walls in a drawing of 1722. Its dimensions are given in documentary sources as 193 feet long by 24 feet wide.
More information : The reredorter or common latrine of St Augustine's Abbey was a vast building, 193 x 24ft, standing at right angles to the north end of the dormitory. No remains of it have yet been found. (1) Reredorter, built c1099-1124. (2) (TR 15535784 - conjectural plan). (3)

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Source details : 1955 (A Clapham)
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Source details : 1984 (T Tatton-Brown)
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Source details : St Augustine's Abbey and the Royal Palace CAT Leaflet Dec 1984 (T Tatton-Brown)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built after 1099
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Monument Start Date : 1099
Monument Type : Privy House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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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 304
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Monument Number 464642