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London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey is a substantial surviving fragment of the defensive fortification that encircled Roman Londinium in the late second century. The wall, constructed of Ragstone with tile bonding courses, stands to a height of approximately 6.5 metres and represents one of the most impressive extant remains of Roman London's perimeter defences. Built around AD 190–220, the wall originally extended some two kilometres in length and served to protect the growing settlement from military threat. This particular section, preserved adjacent to the Old Bailey, demonstrates the Roman engineering techniques employed in London and remains one of the capital's most significant archaeological monuments from the period of Roman Britain.
London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018884. View the official record →
London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey is a substantial surviving fragment of the defensive fortification that encircled Roman Londinium in the late second century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018884.
London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey 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 1018884.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Globe Theatre (1.1 km), Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront (1.2 km), Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey'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: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.