Wery Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. Fragment of masonry.
Wery Wall
- WRENN ID
- drifting-gable-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1953
- Type
- Fragment of masonry
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LANCASTER
SD4762 VICARAGE LANE 1685-1/3/312 (East side (off)) 22/12/53 Wery Wall (Formerly Listed as: BRIDGE LANE Wery Wall)
II
Fragment of masonry from C4 fort. Sandstone rubble. An irregular mass of masonry, standing approx 2m high above the upper ground level, and built into the edge of a steep slope which runs parallel with the River Lune. HISTORY: the Wery Wall is mentioned as a boundary in documents dating from C11 to C18, when its remains may have been more extensive. Its Roman origins were confirmed by excavations carried out in the early 1970s in advance of the adjacent Mitre House development. It probably formed the core of a polygonal external bastion at the north angle of a fort of the 'Saxon Shore' type which was constructed about AD 330 on a new alignment. The associated ditch cut through an earlier bath house which was also excavated, and its consolidated remains are now exposed and adjoin the Wery Wall. (Centre for North-West Regional Studies Occasional Papers: White A & Shotter D: The Roman Fort and Town of Lancaster: Lancaster: 1990-: 17, 27).
Listing NGR: SD4749162022
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