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| HER Number: | 2983 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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| Name: | West Gate - Town Defences Wallingford |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 1006293: Wallingford Town Walls
| Grid Reference: | SU 604 894 |
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| Parish: | WALLINGFORD, SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE |
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Monument Type(s):
- GATE (Early Medieval - 871 AD? to 899 AD?)
- TOWN DEFENCES (Early Medieval - 871 AD? to 899 AD?)
Summary
Consists of presumed location of W gate to town defenses. No evidence of date for West Gate, although, if original, it may date to the reign of Alfred (871 - 899).
Associated Monuments
| MOX180 | Wallingford Town Walls (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
NoneDescription
1-4) The site of the West Gate has been moved from the town ditch to above NGR, which is the junction of the line of the Town Defences and the W end of High Street which clearly follows the line of its medieval predecessor.
<1> Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol I (1906) p.216 (Serial). SOX6.
<2> General reference, M W Beresford & J K St Joseph: 'Medieval England. Am Aerial Survey 1958' pp.179-181 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.
<3> OS Record Card, SU 68 NW 2 (Index). SOX273.
<4> NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File (Index). SOX391.
Sources
| <1> | Victoria County History of Berkshire. Vol I (1906) p.216. [Serial / SOX6] |
| <2> | General reference. M W Beresford & J K St Joseph: 'Medieval England. Am Aerial Survey 1958' pp.179-181. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373] |
| <3> | OS Record Card. SU 68 NW 2. [Index / SOX273] |
| <4> | NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File. [Index / SOX391] |
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