RHH's photos with the keyword: walls

When in Chester we not only walked the city walls but walked along the Shropshire Canal outside the walls. We walked to the locks that connect the canal to the River Dee. The canal runs for 66 miles through the counties of Staffordhire, Shropshire and Cheshire.

When in Chester in Shropshire as part of a tour arranged by the conference we were attending, we walk a good part of the city walls, the oldest and most complete city walls in Britain. The walk is about two miles and the walls were begun by the Romans between 70 and 80 A.D to protect the fortress of Deva Victrix.

While attending a conference in Shropshire, we went on an arranged tour to the city of Chester where we walked the walls, had a guided tour, led by a man dressed as a 16th Century Shropshire archer and spent a pleasant though rainy day.

One of the arranged tours during the conference we attended in England was to the city of Chester. There we walked the old city walls and had a tour of the city lead by a man dressed as a Shropshire archer. The photo here is of the Eastgate Clock, a Chester landmark, from the city wall. The clock was actually built in 1899 but commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

When in Northern Ireland recently we visited the city of Londonderry and walked the old city walls. These are the part of the walls near Magazine Gate.

"Roaring Meg" is a name for a number of old historic cannon. This one is on the walls of old Londonderry and was one of twenty-four cannon presented by the city of London after the siege of 1641.

These three photos are all of the Londonderry city walls. The old city walls are complete and the city is one of the few European cities that still has its original walls. It is the only city in Ireland that has them. Many of the cannon that guarded the walls are also still there. We walked around the old city on the walls when we in Londonderry for a day. This is the part of the wall between Bishop's Gate and the Double Bastion.