Chester city walls

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The view from St Martin's Gate, on the Northern-most part of the walls.
The view from St Martin's Gate, on the Northern-most part of the walls.

The Chester city walls are big intact defensive walls around a important English city of Chester. The city has been defended with walls since the foundation of the Deva Victrix fort on the site in 79.

[edit] History

The first walls were built to help the Roman fort in 79, although these were replaced by stronger stone walls between the 1st and 3rd century. The walls enclosed a far smaller area than the modern walls, with the south-western corner much further from the River Dee.

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