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City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, north of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark is a complex of medieval defensive and civic structures in York, Yorkshire. The monuments encompass the substantial remains of York's city walls, which originated in the Roman period and were substantially rebuilt and extended during the medieval period, along with associated gates, posterns, and defensive features such as moats and mounds that protected the medieval city. Bayle Hill represents an artificial mound of likely medieval date, whilst St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, situated in Aldwark, are structures associated with the civic and charitable infrastructure of medieval York. Collectively these monuments represent the successive phases of York's urban defence and development from the Roman period through the medieval centuries, reflecting the city's importance as a major commercial and administrative centre.
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004910. View the official record →
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, north of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark is a complex of medieval defensive and civic structures in York, Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004910.
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004910.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground (0.3 km), York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery (0.4 km), St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle (0.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.