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The City walls section extending 130 feet between Charles Street and Portland Place is a scheduled ancient monument representing a surviving portion of Worcester's medieval defensive perimeter. This segment of stonework dates to the medieval period, when Worcester, as a significant ecclesiastical and commercial centre, required fortified walls for protection. The surviving masonry demonstrates the construction methods employed in medieval urban fortification, forming part of the broader system that once enclosed the city. This fragment of walling constitutes an important archaeological and architectural record of Worcester's medieval urban development and defensive infrastructure.
City walls: section extending 130ft (40m) between Charles Street and Portland Place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005284. View the official record →
The City walls section extending 130 feet between Charles Street and Portland Place is a scheduled ancient monument representing a surviving portion of Worcester's medieval defensive perimeter.
City walls: section extending 130ft (40m) between Charles Street and Portland Place 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 1005284.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Guesten Hall (0.3 km), Edgar Tower entrance to the Cathedral Close (0.3 km), Refectory of St Mary's Priory in Cathedral Close (0.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of City walls: section extending 130ft (40m) between Charles Street and Portland Place'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: section extending 130ft (40m) between Charles Street and Portland Place stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.