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The Town wall beside Wyatt Street is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of the medieval defensive fortifications of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. The wall dates to the medieval period and represents a significant surviving section of the town's perimeter defences, which were constructed to protect the prosperous port settlement. The masonry structure demonstrates the engineering techniques employed in medieval fortification design and reflects the strategic importance of Great Yarmouth as a coastal trading centre. This monument contributes to the archaeological and architectural record of medieval East Anglian urban development.
Town wall beside Wyatt Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003695. View the official record →
The Town wall beside Wyatt Street is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of the medieval defensive fortifications of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Town wall beside Wyatt 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 1003695.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval town walls (0.5 km), Greyfriars Tower (0.6 km), Whitefriars Gateway, South Lynn (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Town wall beside Wyatt 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.
Town wall beside Wyatt Street stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.