2015

TR1458 : Westgate

taken 9 years ago, near to Canterbury, Kent, England

This is 1 of 14 images, with title Westgate in this square
Westgate
Westgate
Canterbury City wall & gates :: TR1457

Canterbury was surrounded by a wall in Roman times. Traces survive here and there. A fragment of the Roman Queningate can be seen in the city wall opposite St. Augustine's Great Gate, and further up, nearer Burgate, the Roman foundation of the wall is visible.

The walls are mentioned in several Anglo-Saxon documents. In 1011 the Danes succeeded in breaking into the city, slaughtering the inhabitants, and tossing them over the walls.

It has not yet been established whether the Roman and Saxon walls ran altogether on the same line as the later medieval walls, but about 1100 A.D. the city fortifications included the same area as they did to the end of the 18th century.

There were six gates in use in medieval times:-Northgate, Burgate, Newingate, Ridingate, Worthgate and Westgate. Later another came into existence, Wincheap Gate. The walls were frequently rebuilt and reconstructed but never called upon to withstand any real siege after 1011, though the city represented an important strongpoint in the system of national defence.

The West Gate is Grade I listed and a scheduled ancient monument.
The city walls are a scheduled ancient monument.

Grade I and Category A listed buildings and structures

Grade I listed buildings and structures are of exceptional, even international importance. There are over 6,000 in the country. Only 2.5% of listed buildings are Grade I listed.
In Scotland the classification is Category A
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TR1458, 1388 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 August, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1459 5807 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:16.8801N 1:4.5391E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1460 5806
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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