Oxford city walls

E84658

defensive fortification medieval city wall

The Oxford city walls are the medieval defensive fortifications that once enclosed and protected the historic center of Oxford, England.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oxford city walls canonical	8
Oxford city defences	1
Oxford city walls (former north gate)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive fortification ⓘ medieval city wall ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enclosed	historic centre of Oxford ⓘ
hasCondition	partially preserved ⓘ ruin ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	51.753°N 1.254°W ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ surface form: Norman period later medieval period ⓘ
hasPart	East Gate ⓘ North Gate ⓘ South Gate ⓘ St Michael at the North Gate tower ⓘ West Gate ⓘ remaining wall sections near Merton College ⓘ remaining wall sections near New College ⓘ
hasUse	education ⓘ heritage interpretation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed structure ⓘ Scheduled Monument ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNextTo	Broad Street, Oxford ⓘ High Street, Oxford ⓘ Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ New College Lane ⓘ New College, Oxford ⓘ St Michael at the North Gate ⓘ
maintainedBy	Historic England ⓘ Oxford City Council ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
partOf	historic city defences of Oxford ⓘ medieval fortifications in England ⓘ
significantEvent	archaeological excavations at various sections ⓘ incorporation into college precinct walls ⓘ partial demolition in the post-medieval period ⓘ strengthening after the Norman Conquest ⓘ
significantFor	history of Oxford University ⓘ medieval military architecture in England ⓘ urban development of Oxford ⓘ
startTime	11th century ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
usedFor	defence ⓘ protection of the city ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England → locatedNear → Oxford city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Beaumont Palace

North Gate → partOf → Oxford city walls ⓘ

North Gate → accessProvidedThrough → Oxford city walls ⓘ

East Gate → partOf → Oxford city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: East Gate, Oxford

East Gate → associatedWith → Oxford city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: East Gate, Oxford

this entity surface form: Oxford city defences

South Gate → partOf → Oxford city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: South Gate (Oxford)

Castle Mill Stream → hasNearbyLandmark → Oxford city walls ⓘ

Beaumont Palace → locatedNear → Oxford city walls ⓘ

West Gate → partOf → Oxford city walls ⓘ

subject surface form: West Gate, Oxford

St Michael at the North Gate → locatedNear → Oxford city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxford city walls (former north gate)