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Title: Archaeologia cantiana
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Kent Archaeological Society. cn
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Publisher: (London) Kent Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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n the tower was built in the fourteenth century.Their heads have no voussoirs, but were cut out of theoriginal walling, and simply plastered. Near themare portions of pink plaster still adhering to the wall. Excavations were made below the northern por-tion of this Western Wall in hopes of finding some ofthe original flooring of the Church, but could not befurther prosecuted because vaults and even detachedskeletons were met with at a distance of no morethan 1 ft. below the existing pews. In the same corner, partially covered by the N.Wall of the tower, there has been exposed by theremoval of the woodwork the Norman squint orlychnoscope, the sides of which are formed of workedchalk and Kentish rag, with traces of a hinge andreceptacle for a bolt, while the lintel is composed ofa piece of oak greatly decayed by age. This lyclmo-scope is partially splayed on both sides, rather moreto the S. than the N. side, the actual opening mea- * Of. Sketch. WEST WALL OF NAVE,AND ROMAN (?) WINDOWS w
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.WING CENTRAL ARCH.lATER EXTENSION UPWARDS. ST. martins church, canterbury. 5 suring 12 ins. by 8 ins., lined with plaster—and itcommanded apparently a view of the High Altar,which was dedicated to St. Martin. The style of the N. and S. Walls of the Nave ismnch the same as that of the Western Wall, andbehind the woodwork are considerable pieces of pinkplaster, remarkable both for its hardness and texture.It is composed of carbonate of lime imperfectly burned,of silicious sand, and pounded Roman tile, in almostequal proportions. The subsequent imitations of thisplaster, occasionally found in Saxon, Norman, andeven Early English buildings, are distinguishablefrom it by the greater preponderance of sand. Aboutthe middle of the N. Wall is a doorway, 4 ft. 2 in.wide, with jambs of Caen stones of irregular size,some of them shewing axe-tooling. The date of thisdoorway is a matter of controversy. The head isdestroyed and the rubble filling-in irregular, butthe general appearance seems to m

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