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200 ENGLAND SAXON PERIOD [CH. xxviwith a cruciform plan, and those with towers likeBrixworthwhich was built by Peterborough monks in 680,Reculver and Monkwearmouth belong to the 7th or earlypart of the 8th century. But the majority of the extantchurches of Saxon workmanship probably date from thenth century, when Canute after his conversion set towork to repair the havoc wrought by his father and hisancestors ;and in this class would be the churches ofBosham, Wittering, S. Bene't's Cambridge, Corhampton,Stow, Worth, Norton, Deerhurst and Wootten-Wawen.TWO The difference in the termination, square or apsidal,panSintroduces another classification.The round end speaks ofRoman influence, either that of existing Roman buildings,or that of the Italian monks who came in with Augustine,and who naturally inclined to the form of basilica theywere familiar with at home. The square end on thecontrary was derived from the oldhand, and from the Scotch missionaries from the northon the other.British church on oneThe triple The ruined church at RECULVER (Fig. 124),whicharchedates from 670, had between nave and apse, instead ofa single wide arch, a triple arch supported by the twocolumns now standing in the garden on the north side ofThe church of S. Pancras atthe cathedral at Canterbury.Canterbury had a similar triple arch, but there were fourcolumns (Fig.1 1 4, p. 1 77 sup.).The same arrangement hasbeen traced in other early Saxon basilicas. Rivoira 1 saysthe remains which have been identified with the churchof S. Cesario on the Palatine have the same feature, andthat as this church was close to the convent whenceAugustine came he must have been familiar with it, andmay have imported the design to England.It is curious,1Origini delV Arte Lombard^ etc. vol. H. pp. 232 236.