2012

TR1457 : Canterbury Castle

taken 14 years ago, near to Canterbury, Kent, England

This is 1 of 26 images, with title Canterbury Castle in this square
Canterbury Castle
Canterbury Castle
Canterbury Castle

Canterbury Castle is a Norman castle, dating from 1066, the original site was at Dane John. The present castle dates from the 14th century. Grade I listed, LinkExternal link and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Scheduled Monuments

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
There are about 20,000 scheduled monuments in England representing about 37,000 heritage assets. Of the tens of thousands of scheduled monuments in the UK, most are inconspicuous archaeological sites, but some are large ruins.
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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Defence, Military
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Canterbury [1081] Title Clusters: · Canterbury Castle [26] ·
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TR1457, 1931 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 7 January, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 21 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1454 5742 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:16.5311N 1:4.4728E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1457 5741
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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