Monument record MYO1731 - YORK CITY WALLS (LENDAL HILL HOUSE TO THE LODGE, MUSEUM GARDENS)

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred SE 6000 5199 (24m by 41m)
Map sheet SE65SW
Civil Parish York, City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

Defensive wall approximately 45 metres long from Lendal Hill House, Museum Street (qv) to The Lodge, Museum Gardens (qv). 1250-70, partly rebuilt 1874. Magnesian limestone ashlar. Embattled wall from approximately 2 metres to 4 metres high, stepped up slope of rampart. Four buttresses with offsets on inner side and wallwalk approximately 1 metre wide. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York: The Defences: HMSO: 1972-: 110).
Listing NGR: SE6001452008

Derived from English Heritage LB download dated: 22/08/2005


City of York Council, 1991, 1991 City Walls Structural Survey (Unpublished document). SYO2265.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: City of York Council. 1991. 1991 City Walls Structural Survey.

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Record last edited

Oct 4 2019 1:53PM

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