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Portion Of Old London Wall


  • Type: Wall
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

Portion of Old London Wall, with medieval alterations, is a substantial surviving section of the two-mile Roman-built wall that once encircled Londinium, the ancient Roman settlement that became modern London. Located in Tower Hill Garden, just north of the Tower of London in London, England, the structure exemplifies classic Roman construction, incorporating squared stone blocks with bonding courses of red tiles. - AsNotedIn


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0200/00/00 Sometime between AD 190 and AD 225, Roman authorities undertook one of the most ambitious building projects in Roman Britain: the construction of a two-mile defensive wall enclosing Londinium.

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Particulars for Portion Of Old London Wall:
Category for Historic Use Defense
Area of Significance Engineering
Era Medieval Europe
Culture Roman Britain
Cultural Affiliation Roman Empire
Sight Category Structure
Structure Type Wall

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NHLE List Entry Number: 1357518



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