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London Wall is a scheduled monument comprising the surviving remains of a Roman fort's defensive circuit and gateway, situated beneath the modern street level at Aldermanbury in the City of London. The fort, known as Cripplegate Fort, was constructed in the late second century AD as part of the Roman military infrastructure protecting Londinium, and its walls were subsequently incorporated into the later Roman city wall circuit. The visible archaeological remains include substantial masonry of the fort's eastern gate and adjacent wall sections, which demonstrate typical Roman military construction techniques employing courses of stone and tile. The site represents an important survival of Roman military architecture within London's archaeological record and provides evidence for the strategic development of Roman Britain's principal settlement during the imperial period.
London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002053. View the official record →
London Wall is a scheduled monument comprising the surviving remains of a Roman fort's defensive circuit and gateway, situated beneath the modern street level at Aldermanbury in the City of London. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002053.
London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury 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 1002053.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abbey buildings, Bermondsey (2.3 km), Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House (2.9 km), The Jewel Tower (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury'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.
London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.