View from the top of the Dane John mound in Dane John Gardens
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View from the top of the Dane John mound in Dane John Gardens
Image: © pam fray Taken: 4 Jan 2009
The gardens with the frozen fountain can be seen and, to the right, the rooftops of the new Whitefriars shopping centre. On the skyline can be seen the towers of Canterbury Cathedral. Dane John mound is topped by the Simmons memorial. Alderman James Simmons was responsible for laying out the gardens in 1790. They have recently been restored by the City Council. The mound is the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle and, prior to that, a Roman burial site.
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