Jacob Scott investigates five odd stones around the Precinct Gardens that were possibly amongst the earliest features of the site. Part of the physical and cultural landscape from before Roman occupation, Sarsen stones have been reused and reinterpreted for thousands of years and yet still hold many mysteries.
Read MoreMary Covert discovers the exceptional Ringerike gravestone fragment reused as rubble in the south tower of the west facade, a rare survical from the pre-Conquest Cathedral cemetery when Rochester sat poised on the edge of the vast Danelaw.
Read MoreDr. Michael J. Swanton studies a fragment of a cross found in the vicinity of the pre-Conquest Cathedral with evidence of burning, perhaps from one of the recorded Viking attacks of Rochester.
Read MoreFeaturing the hindquarters of a four-legged beast, set beside an interlace panel, this fragment possibly from a tomb is the oldest sculpture yet discovered at the site.
Read MoreRev. Grevile M. Livett, Minor Canon and Precentor, reports on the discovery of the foundations of Ethelberht's Cathedral of 604 AD during underprinning works to the West Facade. Featured in Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 18 (1889).
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