First conserved in 1959 by the Ministry of Works when it was in the basement of the then new General Post Office. The picture source is a report by the developers of the current building.
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Medieval bastion
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Remains of Roman wall and bastion
The Remains of the Roman city wall, constructed around AD 200, and a medieval...
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Bishopsgate
Originally Roman, rebuilt in 1471, again in 1735 and then demolished in 1760. See British History On-line for a drawing of the last gate). See Cripplegate for the full list of 8 gates of old London.
2 memorials
Aldersgate
Sometimes used as a prison and to display the remains of gruesomely executed traitors. Taken down and rebuilt in 1617, damaged in the Great Fire of 1666 but not finally removed until 1761, to impro...
1 memorial
Cripplegate
Cripplegate was originally the northern entrance to the Roman fort, built c.AD120. This Roman gate probably remained in use until at least the late Saxon period when it is mentioned in 10th and 11t...
1 memorial
Moor Gate
This gate was made in the London Wall early in the 15th century to allow access to Moor Fields, marshy moor-land outside the wall. By 1606 the area had been improved and became London's first publi...
1 memorial
Aldgate
Originally a Roman gate it was rebuilt a number of times: 1108–47, 1215, 1607-09, that last adding a statue of James I above the gateway. As a customs official Chaucer lived in the rooms above the...
2 memorials
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