City Walls, York
Introduction
The photograph on this page of City Walls, York by Lisa Jarvis as part of the Geograph project.
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City Walls, York
Image: © Lisa Jarvis Taken: 19 Oct 2007
York has more miles of intact city walls than anywhere else in England and some sections of the walls date back to Roman times although the majority of the wall dates from the 12th to the 14th century, with a few small areas which were restored in the Victorian period.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.954969
Longitude
-1.089285