Barn Road section – City Wall

Barn Road Section, originally uploaded by osborne villas.

This section is actually falling to bits, I think it’s a combination of the cold winter, and the lack of any maintenance whatsoever, I calculated using the particularly complex scientific method of locking at all the mortar spoil and flints lying on the ground and looking at the wall that this will all be not here soon, unless someone starts to maintain it. This piece and the Jarrold section are without doubt the weakest parts left.

This was built on Marsh, pretty much from to St Benedicts Gate to the River and surrounding Helgate (Westwick Street) which could account for the height of it, ie it’s sunk a bit, along with the ground level rise through time.

There are no further remains visible, so basically from Toy r expensive to the River it’s all gone, including the rather magnificent Helgate I’d look up the Ninham stuff if you’re interested. Then onto the natural defence that was the river, I’m not sure if there was a watergate here, I suspect there would have been something, as there is at Carrow. I did read a report on this section being excavated in the 1950s I think, they found some rather nice tower bases etc. I’ll try and dig it out. The report that is, not the tower base.

plunketts here