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Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 [CE]. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade.
The "walls, tower, gates and posterns of the City of Chester" are recognised as a scheduled monument. [13] All the towers associated with the walls are designated as Grade I listed buildings and all walls are Grade I, except for the wall between Bridgegate and the former County Hall. The gates are all designated Grade I except for Old Newgate ...
Eastgate is a permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and the Eastgate clock on top of it is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
Chester city walls, the Dee Bridge and Farndon Bridge are scheduled monuments which are largely intact and continue in use today. During the medieval period, houses were built on moated sites partly for defensive purposes but also as a sign of prestige. Cheshire contains over 200 moated sites out of more than 6,000 in England.
The Chester Mechanics' Institution was founded in 1835. The Institution wished to open a museum to show its artifacts and the city council leased the Water Tower and Bonewaldesthorne's Tower at a nominal rent for this purpose. The museum opened in 1838. A camera obscura was installed in the tower in 1840 and an observatory in 1848. [2]
Chester city walls surround the medieval extent of Chester. The circuit of the walls extends for 2 miles (3 km), rises to a height of 40 feet (12.2 m), and "is the most complete circuit of Roman and medieval defensive town wall in Britain." The walls and associated structures are a scheduled monument, and almost all parts are listed, mainly at ...
Colchester city walls, built after the Boudiccan revolt c.65–80 A.D; Chester city walls, originating as part of the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD; York city walls, originally constructed around 71 AD when York was a Roman colony; Hadrian's Wall, built in England beginning in 122 AD at the edge of Roman conquest to keep out the ...
Kaleyard Gate is a postern gate in Chester city walls, Cheshire, England (grid reference). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. [1] In the 13th century the monks of St Werburgh's Abbey had developed a