Walk the London Wall Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Ancient defensive wall built by the Romans around Londinium
About Walk the London Wall
The defensive wall that would define London for millennia started with a fort built by theRoman Empireclose to the modern Barbican in 120 AD. When the wall itself started to appear decades later at the start of the 3rd century, between 190 and 225 AD, it incorporated this fort, strengthening its outer walls, and encompassed an area that now makes up most of theCity of London. The riverside wall was added near the end of the century from about 280 AD in response to Saxon raids. During the medieval period the wall was maintained and some modifications were made. Additional fortifications were added such as crenelations and more bastions. The largest changes were the construction of the Tower of London in the south-east corner of the wall, the extension of the wall on the western side and
Walk the London Wall Travel Guide Sections
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