A restoration account and a surviving-building page have been added, while the mound chronology and later succession have been clarified.
This update adds to the history of the place and corrects the level of certainty in two existing accounts. It does not announce a newly discovered deed or a resolution of the later lordship.
Additions to the History of the Place
The gardens page now follows the 2025–2026 restoration through Canterbury City Council’s announcements and the contractor’s account. It distinguishes the 1 May 2026 reopening from completion of the remaining works. No completion date for those outstanding items is inferred from that announcement.
A new surviving-estate page uses Historic England’s entry for Dane John Works to connect the documentary history with a surviving building. The listing is existing evidence newly incorporated here, not a new archaeological discovery or a record of a site visit. Hasted’s mansion-demolition account and the later railway clearance are treated separately.
Corrections to the Interpretation
The ancient-mounds account no longer states that the surviving mound indisputably predates Roman Canterbury. It distinguishes the interpretations in the scheduled-monument record and the Kent Historic Environment Record, including the latter’s placement of the Bronze Age axe in companion mound B.
The Lee-Warner narrative, lords page, and evidence assessment now distinguish family succession, farm ownership, church patronage, and the descent of the lordship itself. Catalogued leases remain leads pending inspection. The later Tyberton family members remain candidates, not proved holders; their proposed tenure is now expressly an open question in the assessment. This is a correction to the inference drawn from existing evidence, not the discovery of a contrary conveyance.
What Remains to Be Done
The research ledger keeps the later descent open on both sides of 1944. Inspection of the leases, wills, settlements, and property schedules is still needed. The modern transaction file has not changed, and no missing link in its historical chain has been supplied by this update. Earlier dated research notes remain available as records of the project’s previous assessments.