South East England
Kent
City of Canterbury

Dane John Mound

The Dane John Mound, also known as the Dane John Gardens, is a former Roman cemetery in the city of , . 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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Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Park
  • Also known as: “Dane John Gardens”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Castle.

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

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

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St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in , 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.

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is a cathedral and university city in , in the South East of . Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of , 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.

Suburb
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is a road and suburb in , , England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by , to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of .

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

Dane John Mound

Latitude
51.27538° or 51° 16′ 31″ north
Longitude
1.07826° or 1° 4′ 42″ east
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9F3373GH+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4489067
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10104134
Wiki­data ID
Q16988443
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In Other Languages

“Dane John Mound” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Dane John Mound”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sundial and WW2 shelters.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dane John Mound”. Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 3.0.