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Rochester City Wall

In the civil parish of Rochester.
In the historic county of Kent.
Modern Authority of Medway.
1974 county of Kent.
Medieval County of Kent.

OS Map Grid Reference: TQ743683
Latitude 51.38853° Longitude 0.50607°

Rochester City Wall has been described as a certain Urban Defence.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Rochester City Walls. Mainly C13 and C14, incorporating Roman remains, with later patching and partial rebuilding. The 4 surviving stretches are distinguished on the map as 7/2A (off The Common), 9/2B (off Free School Lane), 9/2C (enclosing City Ditch) and 9/2D (off St Margaret's Street. None have post office addresses. 7/2A runs N/S for about 30 metres and is in a fragmentary state with little facing stone surviving, some parts underpinning later structures. 9/2B is the most impressive and upstanding section incorporating the NE circular bastion (of 2 storeys with 3 lancets to upper stage). The upper courses of the wall attached are largely rebuilt; a short stretch retains coped merlons. 9/2C, rebuilt when the city walls were pushed further out in the Mid C14 retains the SE bastion, much reduced. 9/2D is short and much renewed. (Listed Building Report)
Comments

Good sections remain of city wall built along line of Roman wall and incorporating some Roman work, unfortunatley the mighty East gate has long vanished. Roman walled repaired in 1193, murage granted 1225,1262. Further building and repairs done in C14. See also Medway Bridge
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