Canterbury city walls

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city wall scheduled monument tourist attraction

The Canterbury city walls are a series of medieval defensive fortifications encircling the historic city of Canterbury in Kent, England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Canterbury city walls canonical	4
Canterbury World Heritage Site	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
encircles	historic city of Canterbury ⓘ
era	Roman ⓘ medieval ⓘ post-medieval alterations ⓘ
hasCondition	partially surviving ⓘ
hasFunction	heritage attraction ⓘ urban fortification ⓘ
hasPart	Canterbury Westgate Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Canterbury city ditch ⓘ bastions ⓘ gates ⓘ towers ⓘ wall-walks ⓘ
hasSection	demolished stretches ⓘ earthwork remains ⓘ restored stretches accessible to public ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed structure (parts) ⓘ Scheduled Monument ⓘ
inception	Roman period ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
location	Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Canterbury City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	brick (later repairs) ⓘ flint ⓘ ragstone ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ River Stour NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableGate	Burgate (site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northgate (site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Riding Gate (site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Westgate NERFINISHED ⓘ Worth Gate (site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy	Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	historic defences of Canterbury ⓘ
rebuiltDuring	medieval period ⓘ
significantReconstruction	14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
surrounds	Canterbury city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	control of access to city ⓘ defence ⓘ symbolic display of civic status ⓘ

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

Westgate Towers → partOf → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

Canterbury Roman Museum → near → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

Canterbury Castle → near → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

Canterbury West railway station → nearby → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

St Martin's Church → partOf → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: St Martin's Church, Canterbury

this entity surface form: Canterbury World Heritage Site

Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral → within → Canterbury city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canterbury World Heritage Site