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England A Short Guide to the York City Walls by Paul Joseph | Published July 31, 2023 No trip to the historic UK city of York is complete without walking at least a section of its ancient walls - and here's a short guide on how best to do so. (Photo: alh1 via Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0) A brief history
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The City Walls, not as we know them today, were first built in 71AD by the Romans, were made of wood and originally surrounded an area which was their headquarters, known as Principia and covered around 50 acres. The walls initially only covered the area immediately around where the Minster now is, this was known as Principia, Roman HQ
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Roman walls The original walls were built around 71 AD, when the Romans erected a fort ( castra) occupying about 50 acres or 21.5 hectares near the banks of the River Ouse. The rectangle of walls was built as part of the fort's defences. The foundations and the line of about half of these Roman walls form part of the existing walls, as follows:
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In the guide the "York's City Walls Audio Trail" is divided into sections, as indicated by the "Map Points", and a "List View", on a detailed map of York, and GPS links. This audio guide starts at Exhibition Square, by Bootham Bar, and is designed to help you enjoy a circular walk, with descriptions, and "Map Point" numbers.
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The Roman walls survived into the 9th century when, in AD 866, York was invaded by the Danish Vikings. The Vikings buried the existing Roman wall under an earth bank and topped with a palisade - a tall fence of pointed wooden stakes. The wooden palisade was replaced in the 13th and 14th centuries with the stone wall we see today.
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Roman Walls York, Yorkshire YO1, England Our Rating Neighborhood Surrrounding the city centre Hours Walls daily 8am-dusk; Micklegate Bar: Summer 10am-4pm; winter 11am-3pm Phone Micklegate Bar: 01904/615-505 Prices Walking the wall is free; Micklegate Bar: ยฃ3.50; concessions ยฃ2.50 Web site Micklegate Bar About our rating system
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The Roman wall remains are underneath the earth ramparts, mostly obscured from view, but there are a few exposed sections. The walls you see now are mostly medieval, dating back to the 1300s, with the walkway installed by the Victorians.
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About York's city centre is surrounded by historic walls, which are free to access on foot throughout the year. No visit to York would be complete without a walk around the City Walls. At 3.4 kilometres long, the beautifully preserved walls are the longest medieval town walls in England.
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York's original city walls were constructed in about 71 AD, when the Romans founded their fort of Eboracum on the site. The fort occupied around 50 acres near the banks of the River Ouse. The rectangle of walls formed part of the Roman fort's defences. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Roman Empire.
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York's walls were first built by the Romans and some remains, such as the Multangular Tower, can still be seen. Successive settlement by Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans saw the walls evolve: earth ramparts were expanded and new stretches added. Much of what remains is medieval, built for protection against Scottish raiders.
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Big bits of the walls of the Roman fort can still be seen and up to half of the rest are in the ramparts under the present walls. 400 years later there were new invasions: Anglian York developed, then Viking York in the 9 th century, then Norman York in the 11th century; over this time the Roman walls fell but ramparts grew.
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The York City Walls were originally established in 71 AD during Roman times, built to protect the 9th Legion from locals. Very little of the Roman walls remain, except from the Multiangular Tower, an imposing 3rd-century ten-sided stone tower located in the York Museum Gardens.
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Visit York's City Walls walkway, an elevated circular route around the city centre, which can be accessed on foot, for free, throughout the year.. York's historic city walls are a major feature of our historic environment and civic identity. There are significant remains of all principal periods of their development; the city walls make visible over 2,000 years of urban change in York.
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York's Roman Walls - Multangular Tower - Museum Gardens. York has been a fortified City since Roman times (AD 71). The Romans had a large fort with stone walls around it (called a Principia) between the river Foss and the river Ouse. Its centre was inside of the later, larger medieval walls, close to where York Minster stands today.
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Originally built in the Roman period as a defensive structure, and still encircling the old city today, York's 4m-high, 3.4km-long city walls are the best-preserved city walls in Britain.
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DISTANCE: 3 miles / 5 kilometres. York's medieval walls, England's longest surviving example, stand on the line of earlier fortifications dating back to the Romans. From high on the walls, there are views of the Minster and other ancient buildings, which are explored in the walks that follow. Cross the road outside the railway station and.