London Wall

E272848

Roman city wall defensive wall medieval fortification

London Wall was the defensive Roman and medieval wall that once surrounded the City of London, remnants of which still stand and influence the layout of the modern financial district.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
London Wall canonical	7
City of London walls	1
London Wall (remains)	1
London Wall perimeter	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman city wall ⓘ defensive wall ⓘ medieval fortification ⓘ
associatedWith	London Wall road ⓘ
builtBy	Romans ⓘ
constructionEnd	early 3rd century AD ⓘ
constructionStart	late 2nd century AD ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod	post-medieval period ⓘ
enclosedArea	about 133 hectares ⓘ
follows	approximate line of the northern boundary of the City of London ⓘ
hadFeature	bastions ⓘ ditch ⓘ gates ⓘ towers ⓘ
hadGate	Aldersgate ⓘ Aldgate ⓘ Bishopsgate ⓘ Cripplegate ⓘ Ludgate Hill ⓘ surface form: Ludgate Moorgate ⓘ Newgate Prison ⓘ surface form: Newgate
height	up to about 6 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed structure ⓘ Scheduled monument ⓘ
historicalEra	Roman Britain ⓘ medieval England ⓘ
influences	layout of the modern financial district of London ⓘ street layout of the City of London ⓘ
length	about 3.2 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
materialUsed	lime mortar ⓘ ragstone ⓘ tile ⓘ
medievalReconstruction	sections repaired and heightened in the medieval period ⓘ
originalCityName	Londinium ⓘ
partiallyDemolishedFor	building development ⓘ new streets ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ
partOf	defences of Londinium ⓘ
protectiveFunction	defence against external attack ⓘ
remainsVisibleAt	Barbican ⓘ Museum of London vicinity ⓘ Tower Hill ⓘ near St Alphage London Wall ⓘ
roadNamedAfter	London Wall (road) ⓘ surface form: London Wall (street in the City of London)
surrounded	City of London ⓘ
thickness	about 2.5 to 3 metres ⓘ
usedUntil	17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tower of All Hallows, London Wall → locatedOnOrNear → London Wall ⓘ

Moorgate → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

Museum of London → locatedIn → London Wall ⓘ

Kentish ragstone → notableUseIn → London Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of London walls

Bishopsgate → historicallyPartOf → London Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Wall perimeter

Londinium → hadDefensiveStructure → London Wall ⓘ

Old Broad Street → hasJunctionWith → London Wall ⓘ

All Hallows, London Wall church → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: All Hallows, London Wall

John Van Druten → notableWork → London Wall ⓘ

St Botolph’s Bishopsgate, London → locatedNear → London Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: St Botolph’s Bishopsgate

this entity surface form: London Wall (remains)