Talk:London Wall

Demise
There is no mention in the article as to when the wall became "obsolete". The history section is frankly quite risible as it explains a few facts and then the chronology jumps to the present day. How the wall is today is fine, but when did it get torn down? When did the gates disappear? Why wasn't the fortifications saved? etc. So far this article is nothing more than a third-rate tourist guide! 14:10, 2 April 2012‎ 86.145.1.215

Metrics
Could someone realign this para for consistency ?

Starts off miles first     which seems fair as that was how it would have been reckoned by the inhabitants for 2000 years   ---  then the metric equivalent in brackets, then suddenly changes to the other way around.

I tried, but in Edit, this messed up the footnotes; yet in Edit Source, the handling was done by automatic conversions to metric, and I certainly wasn't going to learn those.

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At present:

The length and size of the wall made it one of the biggest construction projects in Roman Britain. It had gateways, towers and defensive ditches, and was built from Kentish ragstone, which was brought by barge from quarries near Maidstone. It was 2 mi (3.2 km) long, enclosing an area of about 330 acres (130 ha). It was 2.5 m (8 ft) to 3 m (10 ft) wide and up to 6 m (20 ft) high.[8] The ditch or fossa in front of the outer wall was 2 m (6 ft 7 in) deep and up to 5 m (16 ft) wide. There were at least 22 towers spaced about 64 m (210 ft) apart on the eastern section of the wall.[9]

Corrected to conform to the beginning:

The length and size of the wall made it one of the biggest construction projects in Roman Britain. It had gateways, towers and defensive ditches, and was built from Kentish ragstone, which was brought by barge from quarries near Maidstone. It was 2 mi (3.2 km) long, enclosing an area of about 330 acres (130 ha). It was 8 ft (2.5 m) to 10 ft (3 m) wide and up to 20 ft (6 m) high.[8] The ditch or fossa in front of the outer wall was 6.ft 7 in (2 m) deep and up to 16 ft (5 m) wide. There were at least 22 towers spaced about 210 ft (64 m) apart on the eastern section of the wall.[9]

12:47, 4 June 2022 (UTC)~

Claverhouse (talk) 12:47, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

London Wall map/ image
Hi all, a while ago we were able to add an interactive map of the various parts of the London wall that still exist. This has since gone since I was active on this page, which is a shame. I am not sure if this could be added back, maybe elsewhere?

Additionally, I am not sure if we can change the location map image as it currently shows three dots near just one site, whereas wall fragments are located in multiple places. Would it be possible to add a custom map here to show this? Maybe just a map outlining the rough course of the wall on a modern map of London? Jamzze (talk) 16:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)