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The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the defensive circuit that encloses the medieval city centre of Chester in Cheshire. The surviving structure represents multiple phases of construction and rebuilding, with sections of Roman wall from the fortress of Deva dating to the first and second centuries AD forming the foundation for later medieval defensive work undertaken from the twelfth century onwards. The circuit includes the principal gateways of Eastgate, Watergate, Northgate and Bridgegate, together with towers and posterns positioned along the wall, which measures approximately two kilometres in circumference. The walls remain substantially complete and represent one of the most extensive examples of urban fortification surviving in medieval Britain.
The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006785. View the official record →
The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the defensive circuit that encloses the medieval city centre of Chester in Cheshire.
The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester 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 1006785.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Huntington Hall moated site (3.3 km), Motte and associated earthworks east of Old Rectory (3.6 km), Moated site north-west of Mill Hill House Farm (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester'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.
The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.