@the_london_spy: You can find sections of Roman London still standing in public free to visit in several places, here is one of my favourites. On this site stands a surviving piece of London's city wall. The landward wall was constructed between AD190-220 and ran a distance of 3km (2miles). It was one of the most extensive works undertaken in Londinium The Roman city wall was 2.7m (9ft) thick at the base and stood over 6m (20ft) in height. This large, defensive boundary had an important influence on the City's devclopment. It continued to be of importance through the post-Roman and Medieval periods when it was strengthened and extended in height. This section of the wall shows both the Roman and the Medieval parts of the wall. In the Roman section of the wall you can see four tile bonding courses and facing stones laid in roughly regular courses. In the upper medical section, the facing stones are less regular. In places the rubble core of the wall is visible where the facing stones are now missing. #thelondonspy #davidharry #romanlondon #londonwall #romanbritain #toweroflondon #londonhistory #londonguide

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Wednesday 08 March 2023 08:46:18 GMT