Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall)

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History & significance

Sandwich town walls are a surviving section of the medieval fortifications that enclosed the Cinque Port town of Sandwich in Kent. This particular stretch extends eastward from a point near the gasworks to the site of the New Gate, incorporating the defensive structures known as The Bulwark and Mill Wall, which date substantially to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The walls represent the typical medieval urban defence system employed to protect a prosperous trading settlement, with evidence of substantial stone construction characteristic of major Cinque Port installations. The section retains considerable archaeological and historical significance as part of the wider town wall circuit that was central to Sandwich's medieval defensive strategy and urban identity.

Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005176. View the official record →

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