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Monument Number 464616
Hob Uid: 464616
Location : Kent Canterbury Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TR1556057690
Summary : Probably the site of a medieval bell tower known from 13th to 16th century documentary sources. The tower may have been positioned to the south of the church of St Pancras on a mound in the south eastern part of the lay cemetery. Excavations in 1964 revealed the wall foundations of a timber framed building probably dating from the 13th or 14th century with evidence for a later building on the site, possibly post-Reformation. A human skull and a skeleton have also been located near thee mound.
More information : Large mound on N side of Longport, within St Augustine's Abbey precinct, examined. Foundations more than 20ft long N-S and c16ft wide E-W exposed. Two periods of construction: the earlier of late C13 - C14 date had been demolished down to ground level. A building was erected on the site. A post-Reformation date for this building is indicated. The mound itself has not been excavated but it is probably artificial. Recently a human skeleton was discovered under the pavement on the S side. Part of a human skull was also found nearby a few weeks ago. (1) (TR 15565769) Mound surveyed (see illustration card for plan). Foundations of a medieval or post-Dissolution building excavated by Frank Jenkins, 1964. He does not consider them to be part of the bell tower which once stood here. (2) A bell tower, already in existence in the late C13, stood at one end of the Bordiche between the abbey precinct and the barton. This bell tower must have been a detached structure towards the SE corner of the precinct along Longport and may have stood on the site of the mound. (3) Campanite mound and excavated building shown on plan. (4) Additional reference. (5)

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Source details : 1 April 1965 (F Jenkins)
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Source details : F1 ASP 05-JAN-65
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Source details : KAS Mon IV 1988 (D Sherlock H Woods)
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Source Number : 4
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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 Number : 5
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Source details : 1988 (M Sparks)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C13th-C14th
Monument End Date : 1399
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Monument Type : Building
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C13
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Bell Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post reformation
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Monument Start Date : 1563
Monument Type : Building
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Unknown
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Monument Type : Inhumation, Mound
Evidence : Find, Earthwork

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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 274
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1964-01-01
End Date : 1964-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 464616