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London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street is a section of the defensive fortification that encircled the Roman settlement of Londinium in the late second century AD. The surviving masonry comprises part of the original Roman wall together with an associated bastion, constructed from Kentish ragstone and Roman brick bonded with mortar. This fragment of the circuit wall provides evidence of the substantial military engineering undertaken to protect the growing Roman city, forming part of the wider defensive system that would influence London's urban development for centuries to follow. The monument remains visible on Goring Street in the City of London and is registered as a scheduled ancient monument.
London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002049. View the official record →
London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street is a section of the defensive fortification that encircled the Roman settlement of Londinium in the late second century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002049.
London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street 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 1002049.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abbey buildings, Bermondsey (2 km), The Jewel Tower (3.8 km), Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street'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 wall and bastion, Goring Street stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.