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City Wall Walk
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The original walls were built around 71 AD, when the Romans erected a fort occupying about 50 acres near the banks of the River Ouse. The rectangle of walls was built as part of the forts defences. The foundations and the line of about half of these Roman walls form part of the existing walls.
York’s medieval City Walls (or “Bar Walls”), an ancient monument encircling the historic City of York, comprise 2 miles of surviving masonry. They are the longest town walls in England. They were built mainly in the 13th century of limestone and, uniquely in England, were set on earthen ramparts.
