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Gilsland Wall is in fact part of Hadrian's Wall. This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.

Gilsland Wall is in fact part of Hadrian's Wall. This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.

This hotel near the sea front has brick walls with flint gables and garden walling. The tall chimney pots are all the same size. A flint walled outbuilding has a corrugated steel roof.

Monk Bar is one of the finest gates in the city walls and the closest to the Minster on Goodramgate. It is vaulted on three floors, and still has a working portcullis.

Southampton's walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight.This must have been a huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter miles of walls, seven

To the left of York's city wall stands the station opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1877.

The hotel was built on Clifton Estate land, partly surrounded with stretches of the traditional Fylde cobbled walls of which Lytham still possesses some fine examples.

There were originally seven gates into Southampton's old walled town. Walk the walls today and only five can be seen.

This curious little extension to one of the town wall towers is even more interesting because of the modern and incongruous-looking brick wall that looks as if it has just been built.

Monk Bar on Goodramgate is one of the finest gates in the York city walls, and the closest to York Minster. It is vaulted on three floors and still has a working portcullis.

The trained creeper on the hotel wall, only partly grown in photograph number B6003, has now developed along the front wall. Bakewell Show is still held each August, a major event in the town.

The garderobe pits - the medieval toilets - are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

We can just see the forge bellows inside the low brick wall. The town's thatch hooks were kept on the inside wall of the forge; these were used to pull the thatch off if the house was on fire.

This picture shows Bargate facing south.There were once seven gates into Southampton's old walled town.Walk the walls today and only five can be seen.

This closer view shows the steps under the gateway, with the Roman wall incorporated in the house.

When the second station was constructed, new openings had to be made in the walls to give better access, because it was just outside the city walls. Much of the street plan was changed.

In 1967 the Crammer was walled in, but the wall was soon removed as a result of public protest.

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

The grey slate walls of the buildings and cobbled streets are typical of many Lakeland villages. On the wall alongside the door are display boards advertising Frith & Co local photographs.

Fitz Osbern built a long rectangular fortified hall (the Great Tower) on the narrowest part of the ridge.

The construction of a substantial sea wall, seen here in section to the right, led to Exmouth's prosperity as a seaside resort.

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Built of red sandstone, the city walls form a circuit of two miles around the old city.