York City Walls
Introduction
The photograph on this page of York City Walls by Paul Gillett as part of the Geograph project.
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York City Walls
Image: © Paul Gillett Taken: 28 Aug 2009
Viewed from near York Railway station. Built in Roman times, the walls added to and rebuilt over time and now have parts from across the centuries. Originally built as defences, the focus is now on conservation
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.956503
Longitude
-1.090166