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Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall) is a surviving portion of the medieval fortifications encircling the Cinque Port town of Sandwich in Kent. The walls date primarily from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when Sandwich was a prosperous and strategically important port and member of the Cinque Ports confederation. This particular section encompasses The Bulwark, a substantial defensive structure, and the Mill Wall, which ran along the eastern perimeter of the town adjacent to the River Stour. The surviving stonework represents a significant example of medieval urban defence architecture and remains one of the most substantial stretches of Sandwich's once-complete defensive circuit.
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 →
Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall) is a surviving portion of the medieval fortifications encircling the Cinque Port town of Sandwich in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005176.
Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall) 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 1005176.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-Celtic temple and Iron Age site S of Worth (2.5 km), Large cemetery N of Sangrado's Wood (4.7 km), Two enclosures 400yds (360m) NE of Mill House School (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall)'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.
Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall) stands on Thanet Sand Formation, bedrock that formed in the Thanetian. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.