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Thesaurus Term/Concept: TOWN DEFENCES

Identifier 68915
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Defensive fortifications such as ramparts, ditches and stone walls, built to defend a town or city.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (6)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (3)

Instances/Examples (45)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX19802 1st century Roman fort and 1st-5th century Roman small town with 2nd century town defences, 'Caesaromagus', at Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031106 2nd century buidling, Parkway, near Friar's Walk, Site AX (Monument)
Monument Type MEX19830 2nd century town defences at Caesaromagus, Mildmay Road, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX19836 2nd-3rd century town defences at Caesaromagus, 163 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX19828 2nd-3rd century town defences at Caesaromagus, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX17033 4th century walled town, 'Great Chesterford Roman town', Great Chesterford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX41096 Castle Hedingham - town ditch resistivity survey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX871 Chipping Ongar Castle and Town Defences (Monument)
Monument Type MEX36092 Colchester - Balkerne Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35701 Colchester - Castle Park (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35646 Colchester - Lion Walk (Bastion 8) (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35743 Colchester - Medieval Bastion 1 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35726 Colchester - Medieval Bastion 4 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35739 Colchester - Medieval Bastion 5 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX37043 Colchester - Northgate Street, 70-74 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX37008 Colchester - St John's Street, 39 (Pilkingtons) (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35714 Colchester - St Mary's Rectory (Monument)
Monument Type MEX36780 Colchester - Town Walls (Monument)
Monument Type MEX36788 Colchester - Town Walls (Monument)
Monument Type MEX24719 Early medieval settlement, Maldon (Monument)
Monument Type MEX38392 Great Chesterford: The North Gate (Monument)
Monument Type MEX12288 Harwich Town - Medieval (Monument)
Monument Type MEX6863 Horndon-on-the-Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031965 Kelvedon Roman town (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031964 Kelvedon Roman town defences (Monument)
Monument Type MEX11842 Manningtree (Monument)
Monument Type MEX14650 Medieval activity at Banson's Yard, Chipping Ongar (Monument)
Monument Type MEX35735 Medieval Bastion 5 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX40455 Medieval features at Former School Site, Bansons Lane, Chipping Ongar (Monument)
Monument Type MEX14634 Medieval town of Chipping Ongar (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1053957 Part of Roman military earthwork rampart, town defences and timber buildings at Caesaromagus, Godfrey's Yard, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX4114 Pleshey Castle - Excavations 1972-1974, 1977-1978, 1980 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031062 Pleshey Castle and Town Enclosure (Monument)
Monument Type MEX17152 Possible section of 4th century town wall (or more likely west wall of Second Walled Enclosure) at Mill Cottage, Great Chesterford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX17242 Possible section of 4th century town wall under The Crown House, Church Street, Great Chesterford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1988 Saffron Walden - `Rose and Crown' Hotel site (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1876 Saffron Walden - Abbey Lane, Elm Grove (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1823 Saffron Walden - Barnard's Yard (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1897 Saffron Walden - Battle or Repell ditches (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1916 Saffron Walden - Cinema Maltings (Monument)
Monument Type MEX40380 Saffron Walden - Gold Street Maltings Site (Monument)
Monument Type MEX40415 Saffron Walden - land adjacent to 11 Park Lane (SW26) (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1783 Saffron Walden (Monument)
Monument Type MEX30315 Suggested Saxon enclosure around Chipping Ongar (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031891 Town walls and castle and defences, Harwich (Monument)