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© Mr David E. Horwood
IoE Number:
170504
Location:
CANTERBURY CASTLE, CASTLE STREET (north side)
CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT
Photographer:
Mr David E. Horwood
Date Photographed:
15 July 2002
Date listed:
03 December 1949
Date of last amendment:
03 December 2049
Grade
I
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1.
944 CASTLE STREET
(North West Side)
Canterbury Castle
TR 1457 SE 8/210 3.12.49.
I
2.
The remains of a square Norman keep. 2 storeys above ground level (it was
reduced in height in 1817) built in bands of flint and Caen stone blocks.
There were originally 4 arched windows to each side. The interior has 2
cross walls and the remains of spiral staircases in the east and south-west
wall. Remains of fireplaces of rubble set in a herringbone pattern. The
keep measures 87 by 75 feet externally and the walls are 9 ft thick. Scheduled
as an ancient monument.