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A distinguished 16th- and early 17th-century three-storey building, which incorporates part of an earlier structure, and stands close to the eastern wall of St Ann`s Church.

From the North (later Gaol) Gate to the East Gate ran the North Walls. The South Walls ran from the East Gate to the South (or Green) Gate.

The wall beyond the boating pool is part of the north defensive wall of the Roman town.

It has a varied brick pattern for the walls, mullion windows and a tiled roof. Even the outside wall shows an unusual pattern. The windows in the house opposite have been modernised.

The south-east tower, or donjon, had walls 23 ft thick and was separated from the wall of the inner ward by its own moat and drawbridge.

Though almost entire- ly rebuilt, some of the original walling remains.

Simultaneous construction of the castle and town wall began in the summer of 1283. The wall, which enclosed the medieval borough, is 800 yds long with eight towers and two twin-towered gateways.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

The high curtain wall enabled Caernarvon to be provided with three levels of defence, ie two levels of casemates and the wall walk.

On the north side the walls are about two feet out of true because of subsidence and the collapse of the south walls in 1569.

Where better for Edwardian ladies to promenade than on Exmouth's Parade, the long walk above the sea wall?

Again, the flint walls remain, and the brick pavings on the right survive, but the pillar box on the corner of Blackwater Road has been replaced by a modern one.

Beyond the war memorial is a drystone wall topped by the sign that reads Broadway Lane. A typical feature of the Cotswolds, the centuries old craft of drystone walling flourishes to the present day.

Southampton's walls and defences were built from stone brought across from the Isle of Wight.

The wide sweep of the right-hand sea wall and the outer mole demonstrates the studied construction of a man-made harbour built specifically to offer protection against variable winds and

The photographer was standing on the position of the old town wall/boundary. Beyond the wall there would have been more room to spread out, and so immediately the road becomes much wider.

It is regrettable that all the trees have now gone in this view looking towards the Town Hall, but the flint walls and the house on the right survive.

The walls around that town still survive, and this is the view looking beyond those old city walls to the east – the photographer was standing right over the old gate.

The projection of the nave walls beyond the wall of the chancel would, as in many churches, have housed the rood-stair in the past.

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

Unfortunately, since then, the road has been considerably widened and the walls moved about 60 ft further away as concrete retaining walls.

It looks as though they may be finishing work on the wall in the foreground, perhaps linked to the new frontage for the main building constructed around this time.