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Reculver - Ancient Monuments
The entire site around the ruined Anglo-Saxon church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and incorporates the remains of a Saxon Shore Fort and a later Anglo-Saxon monastery built on the site of an earlier temporary Roman military camp along with an Iron Age farmstead. The most noticeable remains are of the mediæval church of St Mary which was founded as long ago as the C7th though most of the existing fabric is centuries younger. The church was almost lost due to coastal erosion and subsequent partial demolition in 1809 but its remnants were rescued and stabilised the following year.
A plaque on the inside western wall states:
These Towers
The remains of the once venerable Church
of Reculvers
Were purchased for the parish
by the
Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond
in the year 1810
and Groins laid down at their expence
to protect the Cliff on which the Church had stood.
When the ancient spires were afterwards blown down,
the present Substitutes were erected,
to render the Towers still sufficiently conspicuous
to be useful to Navigation.
Captn Joseph Cotton, Deputy Master
in the year 1819
Notes:
1 The place is referred to as Reculvers with a final S - this seems to be an error as I can find no record of the village's name ever having been spelt this way.
2 Expence - obsolete spelling of Expense
3 The spires alluded to were wooden steeples formerly atop the towers and the "substitutes" which were installed no longer exist either.
4 The entire inscription is in capital letters - I have capitalised only the words chiselled in larger type.
See EH SAM listing here: Link
The entire site is administered by English Heritage and is free to access: Link
There is an informative article on Reculver and its monuments on Wikipedia: Link
A plaque on the inside western wall states:
These Towers
The remains of the once venerable Church
of Reculvers
Were purchased for the parish
by the
Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond
in the year 1810
and Groins laid down at their expence
to protect the Cliff on which the Church had stood.
When the ancient spires were afterwards blown down,
the present Substitutes were erected,
to render the Towers still sufficiently conspicuous
to be useful to Navigation.
Captn Joseph Cotton, Deputy Master
in the year 1819
Notes:
1 The place is referred to as Reculvers with a final S - this seems to be an error as I can find no record of the village's name ever having been spelt this way.
2 Expence - obsolete spelling of Expense
3 The spires alluded to were wooden steeples formerly atop the towers and the "substitutes" which were installed no longer exist either.
4 The entire inscription is in capital letters - I have capitalised only the words chiselled in larger type.
See EH SAM listing here: Link
The entire site is administered by English Heritage and is free to access: Link
There is an informative article on Reculver and its monuments on Wikipedia: Link
by Rob Farrow
Created: Mon, 12 Aug 2024, Updated: Tue, 13 Aug 2024
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