Dane John Mound

The Dane John Mound, also known as the Dane John Gardens, is a former Roman cemetery in the city of Canterbury, Kent. It was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century, and turned into a civic park between 1790 and 1803.

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Type: Park
Description: Roman cemetery in Canterbury, England
Also known as: “Dane John Gardens”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Castle.

Canterbury Cathedral

Church

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Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Canterbury Castle

Castle

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall.

St Augustine’s Abbey

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

Canterbury

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Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Wincheap

Suburb

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Wincheap is a road and suburb in Canterbury, Kent, England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington.

Harbledown

Village

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Harbledown is a village in the Canterbury district, in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of Harbledown and Rough Common, which was renamed from Harbledown in 2007.

Dane John Mound

Categories: mound, motte-and-bailey castle, and recreation area
Location: City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.27538° or 51° 16′ 31″ north

Longitude

1.07826° or 1° 4′ 42″ east

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F3373GH+58

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4489067

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

10104134

Wikidata ID

Q16988443

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In Other Languages

“Dane John Mound” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Dane John Mound”

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